#8E7117#8E7117

#8E7117 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.107 H 89.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7117
RGB	rgb(142, 113, 23)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.04, 2.57, 49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.04, 49.81, 87.04°)
OKLab	oklab(56.17% 0.0014 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(56.17% 0.107 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2162, 17.6241, 3.3055)
Luminance	0.1762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7117 #17348E

analogous

#8E3517 #8E7117 #708E17

triadic

#8E7117 #178E71 #71178E

tetradic

#8E7117 #178E35 #17348E #8E1770

square

#8E7117 #178E35 #17348E #8E1770

split-complementary

#8E7117 #17708E #35178E

monochromatic

#251D06 #59470E #8E7117 #C39B20 #E0B93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#8E7117 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#8E7117 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7117

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7117	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7117	1.00	4.64	4.52	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86781D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7117;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 113, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.107 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3995d',
    500: '#8e7117',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7117;
$custom-light: #b3995d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7117",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56165,
    "c": 0.1071,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7117

secondary

#4060C0

accent

#65EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7117

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

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