#8F7717#8F7717

#8F7717 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.111 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F7717
RGB	rgb(143, 119, 23)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 84%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 83.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -0.37, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 51.32, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% -0.007 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.111 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0802, 19.0963, 3.5441)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F7717 #172F8F

analogous

#8F3B17 #8F7717 #6B8F17

triadic

#8F7717 #178F77 #77178F

tetradic

#8F7717 #178F3B #172F8F #8F176B

square

#8F7717 #178F3B #172F8F #8F176B

split-complementary

#8F7717 #176B8F #3B178F

monochromatic

#261F06 #5A4B0F #8F7717 #C4A31F #E0C040

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8F7717 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8F7717 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F7717

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F7717	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F7717	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B6C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f7717;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 119, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.111 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b49d5e',
    500: '#8f7717',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f7717;
$custom-light: #b49d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f7717",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5758,
    "c": 0.11067,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F7717

secondary

#415BC1

accent

#5DEF39

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F7717

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

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