#8E8F17#8E8F17

#8E8F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.131 H 110.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8F17
RGB	rgb(142, 143, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, -13.98, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 58.73, 103.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0451 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.131 110.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.1333, 25.4582, 4.6111)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8F17 #18178F

analogous

#8F5417 #8E8F17 #528F17

triadic

#8E8F17 #178E8F #8F178E

tetradic

#8E8F17 #178F54 #18178F #8F1752

square

#8E8F17 #178F54 #18178F #8F1752

split-complementary

#8E8F17 #17528F #54178F

monochromatic

#252606 #5A5A0F #8E8F17 #C2C41F #DFE040

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8E8F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#8E8F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8F17

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8F17	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 143, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.131 110.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3af62',
    500: '#8e8f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8f17;
$custom-light: #b3af62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.629,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 110.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8F17

secondary

#4241C1

accent

#39EF3A

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8F17

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

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