#8D7C17#8D7C17

#8D7C17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.114 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7C17
RGB	rgb(141, 124, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -4.12, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 52.43, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% -0.0175 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.114 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.3478, 20.1408, 3.7316)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7C17 #17288D

analogous

#8D4117 #8D7C17 #638D17

triadic

#8D7C17 #178D7C #7C178D

tetradic

#8D7C17 #178D41 #17288D #8D1763

square

#8D7C17 #178D41 #17288D #8D1763

split-complementary

#8D7C17 #17638D #41178D

monochromatic

#241F06 #584E0E #8D7C17 #C2AA20 #E0C83F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#8D7C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#8D7C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7C17

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7C17	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 124, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.114 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a15f',
    500: '#8d7c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7c17;
$custom-light: #b2a15f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5848,
    "c": 0.114,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7C17

secondary

#4052C0

accent

#53EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7C17

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

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