#8E781C#8E781C

#8E781C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.109 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E781C
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 28)
HSL	hsl(48, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 80.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.00, -1.22, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.00, 49.80, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% -0.0089 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.109 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0824, 19.2686, 3.8652)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E781C #1C328E

analogous

#8E3F1C #8E781C #6B8E1C

triadic

#8E781C #1C8E78 #781C8E

tetradic

#8E781C #1C8E3F #1C328E #8E1C6B

square

#8E781C #1C8E3F #1C328E #8E1C6B

split-complementary

#8E781C #1C6B8E #3F1C8E

monochromatic

#282208 #5B4D12 #8E781C #C1A326 #DBBF49

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E781C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E781C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E781C

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E781C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E781C	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)

#867607

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e781c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.109 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e61',
    500: '#8e781c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e781c;
$custom-light: #b39e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e781c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57722,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E781C

secondary

#495FBD

accent

#5FEA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#120E05

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E781C

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

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