#8B781F#8B781F

#8B781F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.107 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B781F
RGB	rgb(139, 120, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.71, -2.50, 48.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.71, 48.38, 92.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% -0.0121 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.107 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6122, 19.0218, 4.0400)
Luminance	0.1902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B781F #1F328B

analogous

#8B421F #8B781F #688B1F

triadic

#8B781F #1F8B78 #781F8B

tetradic

#8B781F #1F8B42 #1F328B #8B1F68

square

#8B781F #1F8B42 #1F328B #8B1F68

split-complementary

#8B781F #1F688B #421F8B

monochromatic

#272209 #594D14 #8B781F #BDA32A #D7BF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8B781F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8B781F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B781F

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B781F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B781F	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)

#85750E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7B25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b781f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 120, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.107 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09e62',
    500: '#8b781f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b781f;
$custom-light: #b09e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b781f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.10664,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B781F

secondary

#4C5FBA

accent

#5EE741

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B781F

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

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