#8E9017#8E9017

#8E9017 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.132 H 110.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9017
RGB	rgb(142, 144, 23)
HSL	hsl(61, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(61, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 84%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.81, -14.51, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.81, 59.10, 104.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.0466 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.132 110.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.2840, 25.7598, 4.6614)
Luminance	0.2576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9017 #191790

analogous

#905617 #8E9017 #519017

triadic

#8E9017 #178E90 #90178E

tetradic

#8E9017 #179056 #191790 #901751

square

#8E9017 #179056 #191790 #901751

split-complementary

#8E9017 #175190 #561790

monochromatic

#262606 #5A5B0F #8E9017 #C2C51F #DEE141

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8E9017 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#8E9017 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9017

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9017	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9017	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99867B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9017;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 144, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.132 110.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b062',
    500: '#8e9017',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9017;
$custom-light: #b3b062;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9017",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.992,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63131,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 110.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9017

secondary

#4442C1

accent

#39EF3C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9017

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

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