#8E781A#8E781A

#8E781A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.110 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E781A
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 26)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 81.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -1.30, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 50.48, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0093 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.11 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0593, 19.2594, 3.7433)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E781A #1A308E

analogous

#8E3E1A #8E781A #6A8E1A

triadic

#8E781A #1A8E78 #781A8E

tetradic

#8E781A #1A8E3E #1A308E #8E1A6A

square

#8E781A #1A8E3E #1A308E #8E1A6A

split-complementary

#8E781A #1A6A8E #3E1A8E

monochromatic

#272107 #5A4C11 #8E781A #C2A423 #DDC045

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E781A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E781A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E781A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E781A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E781A	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867603

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e781a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.110 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e60',
    500: '#8e781a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e781a;
$custom-light: #b39e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e781a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57711,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E781A

secondary

#455CBE

accent

#5DEC3C

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E781A

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

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