#8E9617#8E9617

#8E9617 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.138 H 113.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9617
RGB	rgb(142, 150, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 0%, 84.7%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -17.64, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 61.36, 106.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0552 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.138 113.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2171, 27.6258, 4.9724)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9617 #1F1796

analogous

#965F17 #8E9617 #4F9617

triadic

#8E9617 #178E96 #96178E

tetradic

#8E9617 #17965F #1F1796 #96174F

square

#8E9617 #17965F #1F1796 #96174F

split-complementary

#8E9617 #174F96 #5F1796

monochromatic

#2A2C07 #5C610F #8E9617 #C0CB1F #D9E245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8E9617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8E9617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9617

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9617	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 150, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.138 113.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b463',
    500: '#8e9617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9617;
$custom-light: #b3b463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.78,
    "s": 73.41,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64526,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 113.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9617

secondary

#4D45C3

accent

#38F043

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9617

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

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