#8D7717#8D7717

#8D7717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.110 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7717
RGB	rgb(141, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, -1.31, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 51.07, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% -0.0096 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.11 95)
XYZ	xyz(17.7370, 18.9193, 3.5280)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7717 #172D8D

analogous

#8D3C17 #8D7717 #688D17

triadic

#8D7717 #178D77 #77178D

tetradic

#8D7717 #178D3C #172D8D #8D1768

square

#8D7717 #178D3C #172D8D #8D1768

split-complementary

#8D7717 #17688D #3C178D

monochromatic

#241E06 #584B0E #8D7717 #C2A320 #E0C23F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8D7717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8D7717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7717

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7717	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.110 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29d5e',
    500: '#8d7717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7717;
$custom-light: #b29d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.814,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57368,
    "c": 0.11042,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.18918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7717

secondary

#4058C0

accent

#5BEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7717

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

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