#8D7423#8D7423

#8D7423 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.102 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7423
RGB	rgb(141, 116, 35)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 75.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 0.89, 45.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 45.96, 88.89°)
OKLab	oklab(56.79% -0.0021 0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(56.79% 0.102 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5342, 18.2759, 4.1938)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7423 #233C8D

analogous

#8D3F23 #8D7423 #718D23

triadic

#8D7423 #238D74 #74238D

tetradic

#8D7423 #238D3F #233C8D #8D2371

square

#8D7423 #238D3F #233C8D #8D2371

split-complementary

#8D7423 #23718D #3F238D

monochromatic

#2B230B #5C4C17 #8D7423 #BE9C2F #D5B755

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8D7423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8D7423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7423

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7423	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#817216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 116, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.102 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29b64',
    500: '#8d7423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7423;
$custom-light: #b29b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.849,
    "s": 60.227,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56788,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7423

secondary

#536BB9

accent

#6AE344

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7423

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

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