#8E9E17#8E9E17

#8E9E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.147 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9E17
RGB	rgb(142, 158, 23)
HSL	hsl(67, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(67, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 85.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -21.72, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 64.51, 109.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0664 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.147 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.5375, 30.2667, 5.4126)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9E17 #27179E

analogous

#9E6A17 #8E9E17 #4A9E17

triadic

#8E9E17 #178E9E #9E178E

tetradic

#8E9E17 #179E6A #27179E #9E174A

square

#8E9E17 #179E6A #27179E #9E174A

split-complementary

#8E9E17 #174A9E #6A179E

monochromatic

#2E3307 #5E690F #8E9E17 #BED31F #D2E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8E9E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8E9E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9E17

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9E17	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#989486

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 158, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.147 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3ba64',
    500: '#8e9e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9e17;
$custom-light: #b3ba64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66401,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9E17

secondary

#594AC6

accent

#37F14D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9E17

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

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