#8E7D17#8E7D17

#8E7D17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.115 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7D17
RGB	rgb(142, 125, 23)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(51, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.38, -4.21, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.38, 52.81, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0178 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.115 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6446, 20.4808, 3.7816)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7D17 #17288E

analogous

#8E4217 #8E7D17 #638E17

triadic

#8E7D17 #178E7D #7D178E

tetradic

#8E7D17 #178E42 #17288E #8E1763

square

#8E7D17 #178E42 #17288E #8E1763

split-complementary

#8E7D17 #17638E #42178E

monochromatic

#252006 #594F0E #8E7D17 #C3AB20 #E0C93F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#8E7D17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#8E7D17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7D17

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7D17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7D17	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A736B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7d17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 125, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.115 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a25f',
    500: '#8e7d17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7d17;
$custom-light: #b3a25f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7d17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58805,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7D17

secondary

#4053C0

accent

#53EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7D17

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

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