Palettes / Colors / #8C8317

#8C8317 — Yellow

#8C8317 is a yellow color we call Yellow, closest to the named color Olive (#808000). It belongs to the yellow family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: olive (#808000) — not an exact match. CSS olive gives you #808000, a different color; use #8C8317 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#8C8317 is a warm yellow color associated with optimism, attention and cheer. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #17218C; it also sits naturally between #8C4817 and #5B8C17. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 55% · Green 51% · Blue 9%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 6% · Yellow 84% · Key 45%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #8C8317

.text { color: #8C8317; }
.background { background-color: #8C8317; }
.border { border: 3px solid #8C8317; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(140, 131, 23); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(55, 72%, 32%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #8C8317; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(140, 131, 23, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #8C8317; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(140, 131, 23, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#8C8317">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#8C8317">Div content here</div>

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Color harmonies

Complementary — #17218C:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #8C8317: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #8C8317

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #8C8317 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #8C8317 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #8C8316  ·  #8C8318 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #8C8317?

#8C8317 is Yellow, a yellow color (RGB 140, 131, 23). Its closest standard named color is Olive.

What is the RGB and HSL of #8C8317?

#8C8317 is RGB 140, 131, 23 — HSL 55°, 72%, 32% — CMYK 0%, 6%, 84%, 45%.

What colors go with #8C8317?

Its complement is #17218C; analogous partners are #8C4817 and #5B8C17. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #8C8317 for text?

Black text on #8C8317 has a contrast ratio of 5.37:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.91:1.