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#847708

a dark, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Olive

Token name suggestion: Dusk Brass

RGB
132, 119, 8
HSL
54°, 89%, 28%
CMYK
0, 10, 94, 48
Luminance
0.1812

#847708 is a dark electric yellow, 54° on the wheel and 20/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.62:1). As text it scores 4.54:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Olive, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(54 89% 28%)rgb(132 119 8)Base step 900AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #847708 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#847708
Hue
54°
yellow
Saturation
89%
electric
Lightness
28%
dark
Brightness
52%
HSV value
Perceived
46%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1812
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
20/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
4.62:1
Closest name
Olive
ΔE2000 4.7
Chroma
53.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.564
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 22.7
Web-safe
#996600
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue54° of 360°
Saturation89%
Lightness28%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #847708.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool20% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red27%
Green73%
Blue0%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#847708
HEX (8-digit)#847708ff
RGBrgb(132, 119, 8)
RGBArgba(132, 119, 8, 1)
HSLhsl(54, 89%, 28%)
HSV / HSBhsv(54, 94%, 52%)
HWBhwb(54 3% 48%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 94%, 48%)
LABlab(49.6 -6.0 53.6)
LCHlch(49.6 53.9 96.3)
OKLCHoklch(0.564 0.116 101.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(16.16, 18.12, 2.88)
Decimal8681224
Display P3color(display-p3 0.518 0.467 0.031)
Web-safe#996600

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #847708;
background-color: #847708;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #847708;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#847708] bg-[#847708]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #847708;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.518, green: 0.467, blue: 0.031)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.518, green: 0.467, blue: 0.031, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#847708</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF847708)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF847708)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(8, 119, 132)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(132, 119, 8)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(132, 119, 8)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 132, 119, 8)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5176f, 0.4667f, 0.0314f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{132,119,8}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #847708 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #847708 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#786C07, #EEEBD3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #847708 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FDFCF2;
  --brand-100: #FBF8E5;
  --brand-200: #F8F2C4;
  --brand-300: #F9EE95;
  --brand-400: #F5E660;
  --brand-500: #F2DD2B;
  --brand-600: #E7D00E;
  --brand-700: #C0AD0C;
  --brand-800: #9A8B09;
  --brand-900: #847708;
  --brand-950: #453F07;
  --brand: #847708;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #EDE8C0;
  --brand-hover: #635906;
  --brand-pressed: #413B04;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242314;
    --brand-ink: #EEEBD3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FDFCF2',
        100: '#FBF8E5',
        200: '#F8F2C4',
        300: '#F9EE95',
        400: '#F5E660',
        500: '#F2DD2B',
        600: '#E7D00E',
        700: '#C0AD0C',
        800: '#9A8B09',
        900: '#847708',
        950: '#453F07',
        DEFAULT: '#847708',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FDFCF2,
  '100': #FBF8E5,
  '200': #F8F2C4,
  '300': #F9EE95,
  '400': #F5E660,
  '500': #F2DD2B,
  '600': #E7D00E,
  '700': #C0AD0C,
  '800': #9A8B09,
  '900': #847708,
  '950': #453F07,
);
$brand-base: #847708;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FDFCF2", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#FBF8E5", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F8F2C4", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#F9EE95", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#F5E660", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#F2DD2B", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#E7D00E", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#C0AD0C", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#9A8B09", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#847708", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#453F07", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #847708 · 4.62:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.54:1
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.62:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #847708 as text scores 4.54:1 on white and 4.62:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #786C07 at 1.17:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#847708 · 4.54:1
AA on whitealready passes
#847708
The quick fox
#635906 · 7.09:1
AAA on white−7% L
#635906
The quick fox
#847708 · 4.62:1
AA on blackalready passes
#847708
The quick fox
#AB9A0A · 7.36:1
AAA on black+8% L
#AB9A0A

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #847708 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#847708 on white: 4.54:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#847708 on black: 4.62:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #847708 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #847708.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.54:1AaAa
Slate 504.34:1AaAa
Slate 1004.15:1AaAa
Slate 2003.68:1AaAa
Slate 3003.06:1AaAa
Slate 4001.77:1AaAa
Slate 5001.05:1AaAa
Slate 6001.67:1AaAa
Slate 7002.28:1AaAa
Slate 8003.22:1AaAa
Slate 9003.93:1AaAa
Black4.62:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #837300
deuteranopia · #877815
tritanopia · #8F6D65

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #847708 is pinned to step 900; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FDFCF2
#FBF8E5
#F8F2C4
#F9EE95
#F5E660
#F2DD2B
#E7D00E
#C0AD0C
#9A8B09
#847708
#453F07
Base = 900Lightest = 50 · #FDFCF2Darkest = 950 · #453F07Text step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.029 101.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.046 101.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.069 101.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.090 101.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.106 101.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.116 101.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.116 101.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.109 101.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.097 101.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.081 101.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.064 101.6);
}

Colors that work with #847708

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#EDE8C0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B924B
Captions on the surface
Accent#053387
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#786C07
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FEFBE7
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242314
Dark-mode background
Hover#635906
One step down in lightness
Pressed#413B04
Two steps down
Disabled#9A9462
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#A08F01
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #847708

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight73/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#081584
Analogous left#843908
Analogous right#538408
Split-complement 1#085384
Split-complement 2#390884
Triadic 1#088477
Triadic 2#770884
Tetradic#088439
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°54°

#847708 sits at 54°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red51.8%
Green46.7%
Blue3.1%
R · 0–255
132
0x84
G · 0–255
119
0x77
B · 0–255
8
0x08

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta9.8%
Yellow93.9%
Key (black)48.2%

Total ink coverage is 152%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#847708 text on a black background

contrast 4.62:1

Card sample

#847708 text on a white background

contrast 4.54:1

Card sample

#847708 on grey

4.15:1

#847708 on its own surface

4.34:1

#847708 on its dark surface

3.49:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #847708;
Background color
Panel with #847708 background
background-color: #847708;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #847708;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(132, 119, 8, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(132, 119, 8, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #847708;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #847708, #3E8408);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #847708, #1F8408);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #847708;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #847708;
caret-color: #847708;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #847708;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FEFBE7;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #847708;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#847708 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #847708 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(132, 119, 8, 0.5)
rgb(132 119 8 / 50%)
#84770880
hsl(54 89% 28% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #847708 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#8477081a#F3F1E6
20%#84770833#E6E4CE
40%#84770866#CEC99C
60%#84770899#B5AD6B
80%#847708cc#9D9239

Gradients from #847708

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BEAB0B, #847708 45%, #786C07);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #847708, #296706);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #847708, #081584);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #DBC50D 0%, #847708 45%, #786C07 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B4400B 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #59A10A 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #786C07 0%, transparent 65%), #847708;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #847708

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#847708 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 4.62:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#847708, answered

What color is #847708?

#847708 is a dark electric yellow, closest to Olive (ΔE2000 4.7). It sits at 54° on the hue wheel with 89% saturation and 28% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #847708?

rgb(132, 119, 8) — 132 red, 119 green and 8 blue out of 255, or 51.8% / 46.7% / 3.1% by channel.

What is #847708 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(54, 89%, 28%) and hsv(54, 94%, 52%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #847708 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1812 and perceived brightness is 46%, so black text on it reaches 4.62:1.

Should I use black or white text on #847708?

Black. It scores 4.62:1 against #847708, versus 4.54:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #847708 accessible on a white background?

#847708 on white scores 4.54:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #847708?

#081584 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #085384 and #390884, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #847708?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #EDE8C0 for borders, #9B924B for secondary text, #053387 as an accent and #786C07 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #843908 and #538408 stays calm, while #081584 is the loudest partner.

What is #847708 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 10%, 94%, 48%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #847708 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 20 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #845108; nudged cooler, #648607.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #847708?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 22.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #847708 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #847708 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#847708] or text-[#847708], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #847708 with 50% opacity?

rgba(132, 119, 8, 0.5), or #84770880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #C2BB84; over black, #423C04.

Is #847708 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996600, ΔE2000 13.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #847708 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #847708?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BEAB0B, #847708 45%, #786C07). For more colour, a short hue run to #296706 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #847708 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #847708 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.