#8A781C#8A781C

#8A781C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.108 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A781C
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 28)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 79.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.59, -3.10, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.59, 49.36, 93.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% -0.014 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.108 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4082, 18.9210, 3.8336)
Luminance	0.1892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A781C #1C2E8A

analogous

#8A411C #8A781C #658A1C

triadic

#8A781C #1C8A78 #781C8A

tetradic

#8A781C #1C8A41 #1C2E8A #8A1C65

square

#8A781C #1C8A41 #1C2E8A #8A1C65

split-complementary

#8A781C #1C658A #411C8A

monochromatic

#242007 #574C12 #8A781C #BDA426 #DAC247

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A781C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#8A781C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A781C

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A781C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A781C	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)

#857507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a781c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.108 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e60',
    500: '#8a781c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a781c;
$custom-light: #b09e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a781c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 66.265,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57307,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A781C

secondary

#465ABB

accent

#5BE93F

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A781C

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

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