HEX atlas value

#8D770C

#8D770C is a warm yellow HEX color close to Olive. According to Colors Encyclopedia, it converts to RGB 141, 119, 12, HSL 50, 84%, 30%, has luminance 0.1888, and belongs to the balanced group.

yellow warm balanced

#8D770C Sample readable text

HEX #8D770C

RGB rgb(141, 119, 12)

HSL hsl(50 84% 30%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 16, 91, 45)

Luminance 0.1888

Contrast Black 4.78:1White 4.4:1

CSS

--color-8d770c: #8D770C;
.background-8d770c { background-color: #8D770C; }
.text-8d770c { color: #8D770C; }

Luminance0.1888

Black text4.78:1AA Pass

White text4.4:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#8D770C","rgb":[141,119,12],"hsl":[50,84,30],"cmyk":[0,16,91,45],"luminance":0.1888,"contrast":{"black":4.78,"white":4.4}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000"],"AAA":[]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":4.78,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":false},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":4.4,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#383005","hex":"#383005","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.59,"contrastWhite":13.17,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#0C228D","hex":"#0C228D","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.63,"contrastWhite":12.88,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"#E1BF14","hex":"#E1BF14","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":11.66,"contrastWhite":1.8,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#8D370C","hex":"#8D370C","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":2.68,"contrastWhite":7.82,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Dark Goldenrod","hex":"#B8860B","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":6.45,"contrastWhite":3.25,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":[]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Olive adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/8d770c.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/olive.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/cedar.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/fern-frond.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#0C228D","analogous":["#8D370C","#628D0C"],"triadic":["#0C8D77","#770C8D"],"tetradic":["#0C8D37","#0C228D","#8D0C62"],"splitComplementary":["#0C628D","#370C8D"],"monochromatic":["#E1BF14","#8D770C","#383005"]}

Variants

{"light":"#E1BF14","dark":"#383005","saturated":"#998000","desaturated":"#7C6C1D","pastel":"#DBC13D","neon":"#C2A200"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":19.849433241279208},{"slug":"cedar","name":"Cedar","hex":"#8B5A2B","distance":42.49705872175156},{"slug":"fern-frond","name":"Fern Frond","hex":"#657220","distance":45},{"slug":"dark-goldenrod","name":"Dark Goldenrod","hex":"#B8860B","distance":45.552167895721496},{"slug":"olive-drab","name":"Olive Drab","hex":"#6B8E23","distance":47.05316142407437}]

HEX meaning and use

About #8D770C

#8D770C is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #8D770C is visually closest to Olive, a named yellow color with HEX #808000.

The RGB channels are 141, 119, and 12, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 50deg with 84% saturation and 30% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, dark atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

According to Colors Encyclopedia, this HEX value works best for color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.1888, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 19.85, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text4.78:1AA Pass

White text4.4:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000.

AAA text options: none in seed set.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #8D770C needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000004.78:1 · AA

White text#FFFFFF4.4:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#383005#FFFFFF text · best 13.17:1#383005

#0C228D#FFFFFF text · best 12.88:1#0C228D

#E1BF14#000000 text · best 11.66:1#E1BF14

#8D370C#FFFFFF text · best 7.82:1#8D370C

Dark Goldenrod#000000 text · best 6.45:1#B8860B

Generated Palette

#8D770C#8D770C

#0C228D#0C228D

#8D370C#8D370C

#628D0C#628D0C

#E1BF14#E1BF14

#383005#383005

Color Harmonies

#0C228D#0C228D

#8D370C#8D370C

#628D0C#628D0C

#0C8D77#0C8D77

#770C8D#770C8D

Variants

#E1BF14#E1BF14

#383005#383005

#998000#998000

#7C6C1D#7C6C1D

#DBC13D#DBC13D

#C2A200#C2A200

Nearest Named Colors

Olive#808000

Cedar#8B5A2B

Fern Frond#657220

Dark Goldenrod#B8860B

Olive Drab#6B8E23

#8D770C

CSS

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

About #8D770C

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

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