#8C781D#8C781D

#8C781D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.108 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C781D
RGB	rgb(140, 120, 29)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 79.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.80, -2.12, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.80, 49.22, 92.47°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0113 0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.108 96)
XYZ	xyz(17.7544, 19.0981, 3.9133)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C781D #1D318C

analogous

#8C401D #8C781D #688C1D

triadic

#8C781D #1D8C78 #781D8C

tetradic

#8C781D #1D8C40 #1D318C #8C1D68

square

#8C781D #1D8C40 #1D318C #8C1D68

split-complementary

#8C781D #1D688C #401D8C

monochromatic

#272108 #594D12 #8C781D #BFA328 #D9C04A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8C781D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8C781D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C781D

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C781D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C781D	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)

#857509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c781d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 120, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.108 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e61',
    500: '#8c781d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c781d;
$custom-light: #b19e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c781d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5752,
    "c": 0.1079,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.19097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C781D

secondary

#495EBC

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C781D

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

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