#8D7217#8D7217

#8D7217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.107 H 90.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7217
RGB	rgb(141, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.20, 1.53, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.20, 49.87, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.27% -0.0015 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(56.27% 0.107 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1575, 17.7603, 3.3348)
Luminance	0.1776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7217 #17328D

analogous

#8D3717 #8D7217 #6D8D17

triadic

#8D7217 #178D72 #72178D

tetradic

#8D7217 #178D37 #17328D #8D176D

square

#8D7217 #178D37 #17328D #8D176D

split-complementary

#8D7217 #176D8D #37178D

monochromatic

#241D06 #58470E #8D7217 #C29D20 #E0BB3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#8D7217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.55

#8D7217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8D7217

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8D7217	1.00	4.61	4.55	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87781D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.107 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39a5e',
    500: '#8d7217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7217;
$custom-light: #b39a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56272,
    "c": 0.10739,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7217

secondary

#405DC0

accent

#63EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7217

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

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