#8E7517#8E7517

#8E7517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.109 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7517
RGB	rgb(142, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 0.29, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 50.70, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.0051 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.109 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6723, 18.5363, 3.4575)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7517 #17308E

analogous

#8E3A17 #8E7517 #6C8E17

triadic

#8E7517 #178E75 #75178E

tetradic

#8E7517 #178E3A #17308E #8E176C

square

#8E7517 #178E3A #17308E #8E176C

split-complementary

#8E7517 #176C8E #3A178E

monochromatic

#251E06 #594A0E #8E7517 #C3A020 #E0BE3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8E7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8E7517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7517

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7517	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.109 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39c5e',
    500: '#8e7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7517;
$custom-light: #b39c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.395,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57035,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7517

secondary

#405BC0

accent

#5FEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7517

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

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