#8C781E#8C781E

#8C781E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.107 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C781E
RGB	rgb(140, 120, 30)
HSL	hsl(49, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 78.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.81, -2.08, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.81, 48.86, 92.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.011 0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.107 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7670, 19.1031, 3.9795)
Luminance	0.1910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C781E #1E328C

analogous

#8C411E #8C781E #698C1E

triadic

#8C781E #1E8C78 #781E8C

tetradic

#8C781E #1E8C41 #1E328C #8C1E69

square

#8C781E #1E8C41 #1E328C #8C1E69

split-complementary

#8C781E #1E698C #411E8C

monochromatic

#272208 #5A4D13 #8C781E #BEA329 #D9BF4C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.36

#8C781E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.82

#8C781E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C781E

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C781E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C781E	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)

#85750C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c781e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 120, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.107 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19e62',
    500: '#8c781e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c781e;
$custom-light: #b19e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c781e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57526,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C781E

secondary

#4B5FBB

accent

#5FE840

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C781E

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

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