#8E781E#8E781E

#8E781E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.108 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E781E
RGB	rgb(142, 120, 30)
HSL	hsl(48, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(48, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 78.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -1.14, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 49.09, 91.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0085 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.108 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1071, 19.2785, 3.9954)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E781E #1E348E

analogous

#8E401E #8E781E #6C8E1E

triadic

#8E781E #1E8E78 #781E8E

tetradic

#8E781E #1E8E40 #1E348E #8E1E6C

square

#8E781E #1E8E40 #1E348E #8E1E6C

split-complementary

#8E781E #1E6C8E #401E8E

monochromatic

#292309 #5B4D13 #8E781E #C1A329 #D9BE4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8E781E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8E781E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E781E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E781E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E781E	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85760C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e781e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 120, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.108 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39e62',
    500: '#8e781e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e781e;
$custom-light: #b39e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e781e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57735,
    "c": 0.10756,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E781E

secondary

#4C62BC

accent

#61E840

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E781E

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

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