#8E7E17#8E7E17

#8E7E17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E17
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -4.76, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 53.09, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% -0.0194 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7718, 20.7353, 3.8240)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E17 #17278E

analogous

#8E4317 #8E7E17 #628E17

triadic

#8E7E17 #178E7E #7E178E

tetradic

#8E7E17 #178E43 #17278E #8E1762

square

#8E7E17 #178E43 #17278E #8E1762

split-complementary

#8E7E17 #17628E #43178E

monochromatic

#252106 #594F0E #8E7E17 #C3AD20 #E0CA3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8E7E17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8E7E17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E17

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E17	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A746B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a35f',
    500: '#8e7e17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e17;
$custom-light: #b3a35f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59028,
    "c": 0.11556,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E17

secondary

#4052C0

accent

#51EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E17

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

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