#8D7617#8D7617

#8D7617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.110 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7617
RGB	rgb(141, 118, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, -0.75, 50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 50.82, 90.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.15% -0.008 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(57.15% 0.11 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6186, 18.6825, 3.4885)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7617 #172E8D

analogous

#8D3B17 #8D7617 #698D17

triadic

#8D7617 #178D76 #76178D

tetradic

#8D7617 #178D3B #172E8D #8D1769

square

#8D7617 #178D3B #172E8D #8D1769

split-complementary

#8D7617 #17698D #3B178D

monochromatic

#241E06 #584A0E #8D7617 #C2A220 #E0C03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#8D7617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#8D7617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7617

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7617	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 118, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.110 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29d5e',
    500: '#8d7617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7617;
$custom-light: #b29d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57148,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7617

secondary

#4059C0

accent

#5DEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7617

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

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