#8E7A17#8E7A17

#8E7A17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.113 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7A17
RGB	rgb(142, 122, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, -2.53, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 51.97, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.0131 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.113 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2705, 19.7327, 3.6569)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7A17 #172B8E

analogous

#8E3F17 #8E7A17 #678E17

triadic

#8E7A17 #178E7A #7A178E

tetradic

#8E7A17 #178E3F #172B8E #8E1767

square

#8E7A17 #178E3F #172B8E #8E1767

split-complementary

#8E7A17 #17678E #3F178E

monochromatic

#251F06 #594D0E #8E7A17 #C3A720 #E0C53F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8E7A17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8E7A17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7A17

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7A17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7A17	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7a17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 122, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.113 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a05f',
    500: '#8e7a17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7a17;
$custom-light: #b3a05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7a17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.916,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58137,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7A17

secondary

#4056C0

accent

#58EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7A17

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

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