#8F8517#8F8517

#8F8517 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.121 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8517
RGB	rgb(143, 133, 23)
HSL	hsl(55, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(55, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.74, -8.15, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.74, 55.31, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(60.7% -0.0289 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.7% 0.121 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.8708, 22.6774, 4.1409)
Luminance	0.2268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8517 #17218F

analogous

#8F4917 #8F8517 #5D8F17

triadic

#8F8517 #178F85 #85178F

tetradic

#8F8517 #178F49 #17218F #8F175D

square

#8F8517 #178F49 #17218F #8F175D

split-complementary

#8F8517 #175D8F #49178F

monochromatic

#262306 #5A540F #8F8517 #C4B61F #E0D340

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#8F8517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#8F8517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8517

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8517	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7B71

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 133, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.121 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a860',
    500: '#8f8517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8517;
$custom-light: #b4a860;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60703,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8517

secondary

#414CC1

accent

#48EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8517

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

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