#8E9917#8E9917

#8E9917 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.141 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9917
RGB	rgb(142, 153, 23)
HSL	hsl(65, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 85%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.2%, 0%, 85%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, -19.18, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 62.53, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% -0.0595 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.141 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7019, 28.5955, 5.1340)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9917 #221799

analogous

#996317 #8E9917 #4D9917

triadic

#8E9917 #178E99 #99178E

tetradic

#8E9917 #179963 #221799 #99174D

square

#8E9917 #179963 #221799 #99174D

split-complementary

#8E9917 #174D99 #631799

monochromatic

#2B2F07 #5D640F #8E9917 #BFCE1F #D6E347

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#8E9917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#8E9917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9917

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9917	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 153, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.141 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b663',
    500: '#8e9917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9917;
$custom-light: #b3b663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.077,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65227,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9917

secondary

#5247C5

accent

#37F147

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9917

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

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