#8E781B#8E781B

#8E781B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.109 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E781B
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 27)
HSL	hsl(49, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(49, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 81%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -1.26, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 50.15, 91.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0091 0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.109 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0706, 19.2639, 3.8032)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E781B #1B318E

analogous

#8E3F1B #8E781B #6A8E1B

triadic

#8E781B #1B8E78 #781B8E

tetradic

#8E781B #1B8E3F #1B318E #8E1B6A

square

#8E781B #1B8E3F #1B318E #8E1B6A

split-complementary

#8E781B #1B6A8E #3F1B8E

monochromatic

#272107 #5B4D11 #8E781B #C1A325 #DCC047

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E781B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E781B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E781B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E781B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E781B	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)

#867605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C21

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e781b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.109 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e60',
    500: '#8e781b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e781b;
$custom-light: #b39e60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e781b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57716,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E781B

secondary

#475EBE

accent

#5EEB3D

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E781B

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

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