#8D7517#8D7517

#8D7517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.109 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7517
RGB	rgb(141, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.04, -0.18, 50.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.04, 50.57, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(56.93% -0.0064 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(56.93% 0.109 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5015, 18.4482, 3.4495)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7517 #172F8D

analogous

#8D3A17 #8D7517 #6A8D17

triadic

#8D7517 #178D75 #75178D

tetradic

#8D7517 #178D3A #172F8D #8D176A

square

#8D7517 #178D3A #172F8D #8D176A

split-complementary

#8D7517 #176A8D #3A178D

monochromatic

#241E06 #58490E #8D7517 #C2A120 #E0BF3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#8D7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#8D7517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7517

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7517	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.109 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29c5e',
    500: '#8d7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7517;
$custom-light: #b29c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56928,
    "c": 0.10914,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7517

secondary

#405AC0

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7517

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

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