#8F8912#8F8912

#8F8912 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.127 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8912
RGB	rgb(143, 137, 18)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(57, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 87.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, -10.47, 56.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 57.89, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0357 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.127 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.3834, 23.7754, 4.0876)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8912 #12188F

analogous

#8F4B12 #8F8912 #578F12

triadic

#8F8912 #128F89 #89128F

tetradic

#8F8912 #128F4B #12188F #8F1257

square

#8F8912 #128F4B #12188F #8F1257

split-complementary

#8F8912 #12578F #4B128F

monochromatic

#222104 #59550B #8F8912 #C5BD19 #E6DD36

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8F8912 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8F8912 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8912

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8912	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8912	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98881F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7F74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8912;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 137, 18);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.127 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4ab5f',
    500: '#8f8912',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8912;
$custom-light: #b4ab5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8912",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 18
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 77.64,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61593,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8912

secondary

#3A40C3

accent

#3DF434

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F4EA

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121005

muted

#817F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8912

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

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