#8C781C#8C781C

#8C781C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.108 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C781C
RGB	rgb(140, 120, 28)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 80%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -2.16, 49.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 49.57, 92.50°)
OKLab	oklab(57.51% -0.0115 0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(57.51% 0.108 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7422, 19.0932, 3.8492)
Luminance	0.1909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C781C #1C308C

analogous

#8C401C #8C781C #688C1C

triadic

#8C781C #1C8C78 #781C8C

tetradic

#8C781C #1C8C40 #1C308C #8C1C68

square

#8C781C #1C8C40 #1C308C #8C1C68

split-complementary

#8C781C #1C688C #401C8C

monochromatic

#262108 #594C12 #8C781C #BFA426 #DAC048

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8C781C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8C781C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C781C

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C781C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C781C	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)

#857507

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c781c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 120, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.108 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e61',
    500: '#8c781c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c781c;
$custom-light: #b19e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c781c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57514,
    "c": 0.10846,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C781C

secondary

#485CBC

accent

#5DEA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C781C

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

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