#8E781D#8E781D

#8E781D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.108 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E781D
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 29)
HSL	hsl(48, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -1.18, 49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 49.45, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0087 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.108 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.0946, 19.2735, 3.9292)
Luminance	0.1927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E781D #1D338E

analogous

#8E3F1D #8E781D #6B8E1D

triadic

#8E781D #1D8E78 #781D8E

tetradic

#8E781D #1D8E3F #1D338E #8E1D6B

square

#8E781D #1D8E3F #1D338E #8E1D6B

split-complementary

#8E781D #1D6B8E #3F1D8E

monochromatic

#282208 #5B4D13 #8E781D #C1A327 #DABE4B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E781D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8E781D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E781D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E781D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E781D	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)

#857609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e781d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.108 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e61',
    500: '#8e781d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e781d;
$custom-light: #b39e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e781d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57729,
    "c": 0.10812,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E781D

secondary

#4A60BD

accent

#60E93F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E781D

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

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