#8E7917#8E7917

#8E7917 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.112 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7917
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 23)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(49, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, -1.97, 51.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 51.70, 92.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% -0.0115 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.112 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1484, 19.4884, 3.6162)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7917 #172C8E

analogous

#8E3E17 #8E7917 #678E17

triadic

#8E7917 #178E79 #79178E

tetradic

#8E7917 #178E3E #172C8E #8E1767

square

#8E7917 #178E3E #172C8E #8E1767

split-complementary

#8E7917 #17678E #3E178E

monochromatic

#251F06 #594C0E #8E7917 #C3A620 #E0C43F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8E7917 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8E7917 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7917

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7917	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7917	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7917;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.112 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39f5f',
    500: '#8e7917',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7917;
$custom-light: #b39f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7917",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57915,
    "c": 0.11187,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7917

secondary

#4057C0

accent

#59EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7917

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

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