#8D7015#8D7015

#8D7015 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.107 H 89.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7015
RGB	rgb(141, 112, 21)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 85.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 2.61, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 50.07, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.0013 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.107 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9151, 17.3064, 3.1589)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7015 #15328D

analogous

#8D3415 #8D7015 #6E8D15

triadic

#8D7015 #158D70 #70158D

tetradic

#8D7015 #158D34 #15328D #8D156E

square

#8D7015 #158D34 #15328D #8D156E

split-complementary

#8D7015 #156E8D #34158D

monochromatic

#221B05 #58460D #8D7015 #C29A1D #E2B93B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8D7015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8D7015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D7015

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D7015	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 112, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.107 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3985c',
    500: '#8d7015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7015;
$custom-light: #b3985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55827,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7015

secondary

#3D5DC1

accent

#64F137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7015

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

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