#8E7C17#8E7C17

#8E7C17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.114 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7C17
RGB	rgb(142, 124, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.09, -3.65, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.09, 52.52, 93.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0163 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.114 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5186, 20.2289, 3.7396)
Luminance	0.2023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7C17 #17298E

analogous

#8E4017 #8E7C17 #658E17

triadic

#8E7C17 #178E7C #7C178E

tetradic

#8E7C17 #178E40 #17298E #8E1765

square

#8E7C17 #178E40 #17298E #8E1765

split-complementary

#8E7C17 #17658E #40178E

monochromatic

#252006 #594E0E #8E7C17 #C3AA20 #E0C83F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#8E7C17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#8E7C17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7C17

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7C17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7C17	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7c17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 124, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.114 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a15f',
    500: '#8e7c17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7c17;
$custom-light: #b3a15f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7c17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.11403,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7C17

secondary

#4054C0

accent

#54EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7C17

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

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