#8E9F17#8E9F17

#8E9F17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.148 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9F17
RGB	rgb(142, 159, 23)
HSL	hsl(68, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(68, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.7%, 0%, 85.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, -22.22, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 64.91, 110.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0678 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.148 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.7088, 30.6092, 5.4696)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9F17 #28179F

analogous

#9F6C17 #8E9F17 #4A9F17

triadic

#8E9F17 #178E9F #9F178E

tetradic

#8E9F17 #179F6C #28179F #9F174A

square

#8E9F17 #179F6C #28179F #9F174A

split-complementary

#8E9F17 #174A9F #6C179F

monochromatic

#2E3408 #5E6A0F #8E9F17 #BED41F #D2E54B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#8E9F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#8E9F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9F17

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9F17	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#979687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 159, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.148 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3bb64',
    500: '#8e9f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9f17;
$custom-light: #b3bb64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66636,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9F17

secondary

#5B4BC7

accent

#36F14E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9F17

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

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