#8E9717#8E9717

#8E9717 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.139 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9717
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 74%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(64, 85%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 84.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -18.16, 59.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 61.75, 107.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.76% -0.0566 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(64.76% 0.139 114)
XYZ	xyz(22.3773, 27.9463, 5.0258)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9717 #201797

analogous

#976017 #8E9717 #4E9717

triadic

#8E9717 #178E97 #97178E

tetradic

#8E9717 #179760 #201797 #97174E

square

#8E9717 #179760 #201797 #97174E

split-complementary

#8E9717 #174E97 #601797

monochromatic

#2A2D07 #5C620F #8E9717 #C0CC1F #D8E346

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8E9717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8E9717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9717

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9717	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.139 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b563',
    500: '#8e9717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9717;
$custom-light: #b3b563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 73.563,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64759,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.27946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9717

secondary

#4F46C4

accent

#38F045

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9717

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

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