#8A781D#8A781D

#8A781D 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 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A781D
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 29)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.60, -3.05, 48.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.60, 49.01, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% -0.0138 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.108 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4204, 18.9258, 3.8976)
Luminance	0.1893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A781D #1D2F8A

analogous

#8A421D #8A781D #658A1D

triadic

#8A781D #1D8A78 #781D8A

tetradic

#8A781D #1D8A42 #1D2F8A #8A1D65

square

#8A781D #1D8A42 #1D2F8A #8A1D65

split-complementary

#8A781D #1D658A #421D8A

monochromatic

#252008 #574C12 #8A781D #BDA428 #D9C149

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#8A781D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#8A781D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A781D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A781D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A781D	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85750A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a781d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.108 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e61',
    500: '#8a781d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a781d;
$custom-light: #b09e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a781d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57313,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A781D

secondary

#485BBB

accent

#5BE840

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A781D

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

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