#8D7016#8D7016

#8D7016 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.107 H 89.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7016
RGB	rgb(141, 112, 22)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 84.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.65, 2.64, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.65, 49.76, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(55.83% 0.0015 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(55.83% 0.107 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9246, 17.3101, 3.2087)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7016 #16338D

analogous

#8D3516 #8D7016 #6F8D16

triadic

#8D7016 #168D70 #70168D

tetradic

#8D7016 #168D35 #16338D #8D166F

square

#8D7016 #168D35 #16338D #8D166F

split-complementary

#8D7016 #166F8D #35168D

monochromatic

#231C05 #58460E #8D7016 #C29A1E #E1B93D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#8D7016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#8D7016 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D7016

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D7016	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)

#85771C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 112, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.107 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3985d',
    500: '#8d7016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7016;
$custom-light: #b3985d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55832,
    "c": 0.10681,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7016

secondary

#3E5EC1

accent

#65F038

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7016

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

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