#8D7A17#8D7A17

#8D7A17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.113 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7A17
RGB	rgb(141, 122, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, -3.00, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 51.87, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% -0.0144 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.113 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0997, 19.6446, 3.6489)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7A17 #172A8D

analogous

#8D3F17 #8D7A17 #658D17

triadic

#8D7A17 #178D7A #7A178D

tetradic

#8D7A17 #178D3F #172A8D #8D1765

square

#8D7A17 #178D3F #172A8D #8D1765

split-complementary

#8D7A17 #17658D #3F178D

monochromatic

#241F06 #584C0E #8D7A17 #C2A820 #E0C63F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8D7A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8D7A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7A17

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7A17	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 122, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.113 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a05f',
    500: '#8d7a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7a17;
$custom-light: #b2a05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58033,
    "c": 0.11251,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7A17

secondary

#4055C0

accent

#56EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7A17

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

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