#8D7317#8D7317

#8D7317 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.108 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7317
RGB	rgb(141, 115, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 0.96, 50.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 50.10, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% -0.0032 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.108 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2709, 17.9872, 3.3726)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7317 #17318D

analogous

#8D3817 #8D7317 #6C8D17

triadic

#8D7317 #178D73 #73178D

tetradic

#8D7317 #178D38 #17318D #8D176C

square

#8D7317 #178D38 #17318D #8D176C

split-complementary

#8D7317 #176C8D #38178D

monochromatic

#241D06 #58480E #8D7317 #C29E20 #E0BC3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#8D7317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#8D7317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7317

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7317	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996962

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 115, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.108 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29a5e',
    500: '#8d7317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7317;
$custom-light: #b29a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5649,
    "c": 0.10795,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7317

secondary

#405CC0

accent

#61EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7317

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

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