#8E7717#8E7717

#8E7717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.111 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7717
RGB	rgb(142, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.2%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, -0.84, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 51.19, 90.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0083 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.111 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9078, 19.0074, 3.5360)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7717 #172E8E

analogous

#8E3B17 #8E7717 #6A8E17

triadic

#8E7717 #178E77 #77178E

tetradic

#8E7717 #178E3B #172E8E #8E176A

square

#8E7717 #178E3B #172E8E #8E176A

split-complementary

#8E7717 #176A8E #3B178E

monochromatic

#251F06 #594B0E #8E7717 #C3A320 #E0C13F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8E7717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8E7717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7717

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7717	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.111 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39d5e',
    500: '#8e7717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7717;
$custom-light: #b39d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57474,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7717

secondary

#4059C0

accent

#5CEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7717

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

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