#8B781E#8B781E

#8B781E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.107 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B781E
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -2.54, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 48.75, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0123 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.107 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5992, 19.0166, 3.9716)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B781E #1E318B

analogous

#8B411E #8B781E #678B1E

triadic

#8B781E #1E8B78 #781E8B

tetradic

#8B781E #1E8B41 #1E318B #8B1E67

square

#8B781E #1E8B41 #1E318B #8B1E67

split-complementary

#8B781E #1E678B #411E8B

monochromatic

#262108 #594D13 #8B781E #BDA329 #D8C04B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B781E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8B781E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B781E

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B781E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B781E	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)

#85750C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b781e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.107 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e61',
    500: '#8b781e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b781e;
$custom-light: #b19e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b781e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57423,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B781E

secondary

#4A5EBB

accent

#5DE740

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B781E

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

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