#8E7617#8E7617

#8E7617 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.110 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7617
RGB	rgb(142, 118, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, -0.28, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 50.94, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.25% -0.0067 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.25% 0.11 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7895, 18.7706, 3.4965)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7617 #172F8E

analogous

#8E3A17 #8E7617 #6B8E17

triadic

#8E7617 #178E76 #76178E

tetradic

#8E7617 #178E3A #172F8E #8E176B

square

#8E7617 #178E3A #172F8E #8E176B

split-complementary

#8E7617 #176B8E #3A178E

monochromatic

#251E06 #594A0E #8E7617 #C3A220 #E0C03F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8E7617 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8E7617 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7617

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7617	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7617	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#847400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7617;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 118, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.110 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5e',
    500: '#8e7617',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7617;
$custom-light: #b39d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7617",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 118,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57254,
    "c": 0.10991,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7617

secondary

#405AC0

accent

#5EEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7617

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

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