#8F8917#8F8917

#8F8917 is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.125 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8917
RGB	rgb(143, 137, 23)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(57, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.88, -10.32, 55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.88, 56.63, 100.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.035 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.125 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.4289, 23.7936, 4.3270)
Luminance	0.2379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8917 #171D8F

analogous

#8F4D17 #8F8917 #598F17

triadic

#8F8917 #178F89 #89178F

tetradic

#8F8917 #178F4D #171D8F #8F1759

square

#8F8917 #178F4D #171D8F #8F1759

split-complementary

#8F8917 #17598F #4D178F

monochromatic

#262406 #5A560F #8F8917 #C4BC1F #E0D840

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#8F8917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8F8917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8917

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8917	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)

#968400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7F75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 137, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.125 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4ab61',
    500: '#8f8917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8917;
$custom-light: #b4ab61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61613,
    "c": 0.12495,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8917

secondary

#4147C1

accent

#42EF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121005

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8917

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

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