#8F7217#8F7217

#8F7217 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.108 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F7217
RGB	rgb(143, 114, 23)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(46, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 2.47, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 50.18, 87.18°)
OKLab	oklab(56.49% 0.001 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(56.49% 0.108 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5008, 17.9373, 3.3509)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F7217 #17348F

analogous

#8F3617 #8F7217 #708F17

triadic

#8F7217 #178F72 #72178F

tetradic

#8F7217 #178F36 #17348F #8F1770

square

#8F7217 #178F36 #17348F #8F1770

split-complementary

#8F7217 #17708F #36178F

monochromatic

#261E06 #5A480F #8F7217 #C49C1F #E0BA40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#8F7217 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#8F7217 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F7217

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F7217	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F7217	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#807100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87791D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C6761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f7217;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 114, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.108 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b49a5e',
    500: '#8f7217',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f7217;
$custom-light: #b49a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f7217",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56491,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F7217

secondary

#4160C1

accent

#65EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F7217

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

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