#8E9D17#8E9D17

#8E9D17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.146 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9D17
RGB	rgb(142, 157, 23)
HSL	hsl(67, 74%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 85.4%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -21.22, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 64.11, 109.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0651 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.146 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.3676, 29.9269, 5.3559)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9D17 #26179D

analogous

#9D6917 #8E9D17 #4B9D17

triadic

#8E9D17 #178E9D #9D178E

tetradic

#8E9D17 #179D69 #26179D #9D174B

square

#8E9D17 #179D69 #26179D #9D174B

split-complementary

#8E9D17 #174B9D #69179D

monochromatic

#2D3207 #5E680F #8E9D17 #BED21F #D3E44A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8E9D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8E9D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9D17

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9D17	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 157, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.146 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b964',
    500: '#8e9d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9d17;
$custom-light: #b3b964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.716,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66165,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9D17

secondary

#584AC6

accent

#37F14C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9D17

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

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