#8E7F17#8E7F17

#8E7F17 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.116 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7F17
RGB	rgb(142, 127, 23)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(52, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 83.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.94, -5.32, 53.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.94, 53.39, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.021 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.116 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9003, 20.9923, 3.8668)
Luminance	0.2099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7F17 #17268E

analogous

#8E4417 #8E7F17 #628E17

triadic

#8E7F17 #178E7F #7F178E

tetradic

#8E7F17 #178E44 #17268E #8E1762

square

#8E7F17 #178E44 #17268E #8E1762

split-complementary

#8E7F17 #17628E #44178E

monochromatic

#252106 #59500E #8E7F17 #C3AE20 #E0CC3F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#8E7F17 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#8E7F17 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7F17

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7F17	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7F17	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908120

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A756C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7f17;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 127, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.116 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a35f',
    500: '#8e7f17',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7f17;
$custom-light: #b3a35f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7f17",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 72.121,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59252,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7F17

secondary

#4051C0

accent

#50EF39

background

#FBFAF5

surface

#F6F3EA

border

#D0CDC6

text

#120F05

muted

#817F79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7F17

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

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