#8F8E17#8F8E17

#8F8E17 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.130 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8E17
RGB	rgb(143, 142, 23)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(60, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -13.00, 56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 58.37, 102.87°)
OKLab	oklab(62.76% -0.0424 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(62.76% 0.13 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.1562, 25.2482, 4.5694)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8E17 #17188F

analogous

#8F5217 #8F8E17 #548F17

triadic

#8F8E17 #178F8E #8E178F

tetradic

#8F8E17 #178F52 #17188F #8F1754

square

#8F8E17 #178F52 #17188F #8F1754

split-complementary

#8F8E17 #17548F #52178F

monochromatic

#262506 #5A5A0F #8F8E17 #C4C21F #E0DF40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8F8E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8F8E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8E17

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8E17	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A8479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 142, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.130 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b4ae62',
    500: '#8f8e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8e17;
$custom-light: #b4ae62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62759,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8E17

secondary

#4142C1

accent

#3AEF39

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#121006

muted

#817F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8E17

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

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