#8C781B#8C781B

#8C781B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.109 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C781B
RGB	rgb(140, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 80.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.79, -2.20, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.79, 49.92, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0117 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.109 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7305, 19.0885, 3.7872)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C781B #1B2F8C

analogous

#8C401B #8C781B #678C1B

triadic

#8C781B #1B8C78 #781B8C

tetradic

#8C781B #1B8C40 #1B2F8C #8C1B67

square

#8C781B #1B8C40 #1B2F8C #8C1B67

split-complementary

#8C781B #1B678C #401B8C

monochromatic

#252007 #594C11 #8C781B #BFA425 #DBC146

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8C781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8C781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C781B

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C781B	1.00	4.36	4.82	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.109 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e60',
    500: '#8c781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c781b;
$custom-light: #b19e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.381,
    "s": 67.665,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57508,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C781B

secondary

#465BBD

accent

#5CEB3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C781B

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

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