#8D781B#8D781B

#8D781B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.109 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D781B
RGB	rgb(141, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 80.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.89, -1.73, 50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.89, 50.03, 91.98°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0104 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.109 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8998, 19.1758, 3.7952)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D781B #1B308D

analogous

#8D3F1B #8D781B #698D1B

triadic

#8D781B #1B8D78 #781B8D

tetradic

#8D781B #1B8D3F #1B308D #8D1B69

square

#8D781B #1B8D3F #1B308D #8D1B69

split-complementary

#8D781B #1B698D #3F1B8D

monochromatic

#262107 #5A4C11 #8D781B #C0A425 #DCC047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8D781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#8D781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D781B

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D781B	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857505

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.109 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29e60',
    500: '#8d781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d781b;
$custom-light: #b29e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57612,
    "c": 0.1091,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D781B

secondary

#465CBD

accent

#5DEB3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D781B

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

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