#8E7817#8E7817

#8E7817 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.111 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7817
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -1.41, 51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 51.44, 91.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0099 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.111 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0275, 19.2466, 3.5759)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7817 #172D8E

analogous

#8E3D17 #8E7817 #688E17

triadic

#8E7817 #178E78 #78178E

tetradic

#8E7817 #178E3D #172D8E #8E1768

square

#8E7817 #178E3D #172D8E #8E1768

split-complementary

#8E7817 #17688E #3D178E

monochromatic

#251F06 #594B0E #8E7817 #C3A520 #E0C23F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E7817 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E7817 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7817

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7817	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7817	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7817;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.111 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e5e',
    500: '#8e7817',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7817;
$custom-light: #b39e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7817",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57694,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7817

secondary

#4058C0

accent

#5BEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7817

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

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