#8A781B#8A781B

#8A781B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.109 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A781B
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, -3.14, 49.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 49.71, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.3% -0.0142 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(57.3% 0.109 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3964, 18.9163, 3.7716)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A781B #1B2D8A

analogous

#8A401B #8A781B #658A1B

triadic

#8A781B #1B8A78 #781B8A

tetradic

#8A781B #1B8A40 #1B2D8A #8A1B65

square

#8A781B #1B8A40 #1B2D8A #8A1B65

split-complementary

#8A781B #1B658A #401B8A

monochromatic

#241F07 #574B11 #8A781B #BDA525 #DBC245

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A781B

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A781B	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.109 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e60',
    500: '#8a781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a781b;
$custom-light: #b09e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57301,
    "c": 0.10885,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A781B

secondary

#4558BC

accent

#5AEA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A781B

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

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