#8D7917#8D7917

#8D7917 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.112 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7917
RGB	rgb(141, 121, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.15, -2.44, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.15, 51.60, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% -0.0128 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.112 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9775, 19.4003, 3.6082)
Luminance	0.1940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7917 #172B8D

analogous

#8D3E17 #8D7917 #668D17

triadic

#8D7917 #178D79 #79178D

tetradic

#8D7917 #178D3E #172B8D #8D1766

square

#8D7917 #178D3E #172B8D #8D1766

split-complementary

#8D7917 #17668D #3E178D

monochromatic

#241F06 #584C0E #8D7917 #C2A620 #E0C43F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8D7917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#8D7917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7917

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7917	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 121, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.112 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29f5e',
    500: '#8d7917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7917;
$custom-light: #b29f5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.831,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57811,
    "c": 0.11179,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7917

secondary

#4056C0

accent

#58EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7917

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

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