#8E8E17#8E8E17

#8E8E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.130 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8E17
RGB	rgb(142, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -13.45, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 58.37, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0437 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.13 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.9838, 25.1593, 4.5613)
Luminance	0.2516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8E17 #17178E

analogous

#8E5317 #8E8E17 #538E17

triadic

#8E8E17 #178E8E #8E178E

tetradic

#8E8E17 #178E53 #17178E #8E1753

square

#8E8E17 #178E53 #17178E #8E1753

split-complementary

#8E8E17 #17538E #53178E

monochromatic

#252506 #59590E #8E8E17 #C3C320 #E0E03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8E8E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8E17

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8E17	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#998479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.130 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ae62',
    500: '#8e8e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8e17;
$custom-light: #b3ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.12997,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8E17

secondary

#4040C0

accent

#39EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8E17

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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