#8D7F17#8D7F17

#8D7F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.116 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7F17
RGB	rgb(141, 127, 23)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(53, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.9%, 83.7%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.84, -5.78, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.84, 53.32, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% -0.0222 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.116 101)
XYZ	xyz(18.7295, 20.9042, 3.8588)
Luminance	0.2090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7F17 #17258D

analogous

#8D4417 #8D7F17 #608D17

triadic

#8D7F17 #178D7F #7F178D

tetradic

#8D7F17 #178D44 #17258D #8D1760

square

#8D7F17 #178D44 #17258D #8D1760

split-complementary

#8D7F17 #17608D #44178D

monochromatic

#242006 #58500E #8D7F17 #C2AE20 #E0CD3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#8D7F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#8D7F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7F17

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7F17	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 127, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.116 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a35f',
    500: '#8d7f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7f17;
$custom-light: #b2a35f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59153,
    "c": 0.11637,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.20903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7F17

secondary

#404FC0

accent

#4FEF39

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F3EA

border

#D0CDC6

text

#110F05

muted

#807F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7F17

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

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