#8D7817#8D7817

#8D7817 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.111 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7817
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, -1.87, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 51.33, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0112 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.111 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8566, 19.1585, 3.5679)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7817 #172C8D

analogous

#8D3D17 #8D7817 #678D17

triadic

#8D7817 #178D78 #78178D

tetradic

#8D7817 #178D3D #172C8D #8D1767

square

#8D7817 #178D3D #172C8D #8D1767

split-complementary

#8D7817 #17678D #3D178D

monochromatic

#241E06 #584B0E #8D7817 #C2A520 #E0C33F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8D7817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8D7817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7817

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7817	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.111 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29e5e',
    500: '#8d7817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7817;
$custom-light: #b29e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.322,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57589,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7817

secondary

#4057C0

accent

#59EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7817

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

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