#8F7517#8F7517

#8F7517 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.109 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F7517
RGB	rgb(143, 117, 23)
HSL	hsl(47, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(47, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.25, 0.76, 50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.25, 50.84, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(57.14% -0.0038 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.14% 0.109 92)
XYZ	xyz(17.8447, 18.6252, 3.4656)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F7517 #17318F

analogous

#8F3917 #8F7517 #6D8F17

triadic

#8F7517 #178F75 #75178F

tetradic

#8F7517 #178F39 #17318F #8F176D

square

#8F7517 #178F39 #17318F #8F176D

split-complementary

#8F7517 #176D8F #39178F

monochromatic

#261F06 #5A4A0F #8F7517 #C4A01F #E0BE40

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#8F7517 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#8F7517 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F7517

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F7517	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F7517	1.00	4.44	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f7517;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 117, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.109 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b49c5e',
    500: '#8f7517',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f7517;
$custom-light: #b49c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f7517",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57143,
    "c": 0.10948,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.18624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F7517

secondary

#415DC1

accent

#60EF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F7517

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

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