#8F8717#8F8717

#8F8717 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.123 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8717
RGB	rgb(143, 135, 23)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(56, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, -9.24, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 55.96, 99.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.16% -0.032 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(61.16% 0.123 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.1472, 23.2303, 4.2331)
Luminance	0.2323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8717 #171F8F

analogous

#8F4B17 #8F8717 #5B8F17

triadic

#8F8717 #178F87 #87178F

tetradic

#8F8717 #178F4B #171F8F #8F175B

square

#8F8717 #178F4B #171F8F #8F175B

split-complementary

#8F8717 #175B8F #4B178F

monochromatic

#262306 #5A550F #8F8717 #C4B91F #E0D640

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#8F8717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8F8717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8717

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8717	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7D73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 135, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.123 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4a961',
    500: '#8f8717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8717;
$custom-light: #b4a961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61157,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8717

secondary

#414AC1

accent

#45EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8717

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

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