#8E7B17#8E7B17

#8E7B17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.113 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7B17
RGB	rgb(142, 123, 23)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.81, -3.09, 52.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.81, 52.24, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0147 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.113 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3939, 19.9796, 3.6980)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7B17 #172A8E

analogous

#8E3F17 #8E7B17 #668E17

triadic

#8E7B17 #178E7B #7B178E

tetradic

#8E7B17 #178E3F #172A8E #8E1766

square

#8E7B17 #178E3F #172A8E #8E1766

split-complementary

#8E7B17 #17668E #3F178E

monochromatic

#252006 #594D0E #8E7B17 #C3A920 #E0C63F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#8E7B17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#8E7B17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7B17

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7B17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7B17	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7b17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 123, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.113 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a05f',
    500: '#8e7b17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7b17;
$custom-light: #b3a05f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7b17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58359,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7B17

secondary

#4055C0

accent

#56EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7B17

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

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