#8B781D#8B781D

#8B781D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.108 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B781D
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 29)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.70, -2.59, 49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.70, 49.11, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0125 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.108 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5866, 19.0116, 3.9054)
Luminance	0.1901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B781D #1D308B

analogous

#8B411D #8B781D #678B1D

triadic

#8B781D #1D8B78 #781D8B

tetradic

#8B781D #1D8B41 #1D308B #8B1D67

square

#8B781D #1D8B41 #1D308B #8B1D67

split-complementary

#8B781D #1D678B #411D8B

monochromatic

#262108 #584C12 #8B781D #BEA428 #D9C049

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B781D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8B781D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B781D

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B781D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B781D	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85750A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b781d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.108 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e61',
    500: '#8b781d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b781d;
$custom-light: #b19e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b781d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.636,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57416,
    "c": 0.10781,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B781D

secondary

#495CBB

accent

#5DE83F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B781D

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

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