#8C701A#8C701A

#8C701A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.105 H 89.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C701A
RGB	rgb(140, 112, 26)
HSL	hsl(45, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(45, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 81.4%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 2.31, 48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 48.26, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(55.75% 0.001 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(55.75% 0.105 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7969, 17.2395, 3.4199)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C701A #1A368C

analogous

#8C371A #8C701A #6F8C1A

triadic

#8C701A #1A8C70 #701A8C

tetradic

#8C701A #1A8C37 #1A368C #8C1A6F

square

#8C701A #1A8C37 #1A368C #8C1A6F

split-complementary

#8C701A #1A6F8C #371A8C

monochromatic

#251D07 #584710 #8C701A #C09924 #DCB744

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#8C701A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#8C701A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8C701A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C701A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8C701A	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85771F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c701a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 112, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.105 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2985f',
    500: '#8c701a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c701a;
$custom-light: #b2985f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c701a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55745,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C701A

secondary

#4462BE

accent

#67EC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#110D05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C701A

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

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