#8A791B#8A791B

#8A791B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.110 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A791B
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 27)
HSL	hsl(51, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(51, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 80.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.87, -3.70, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.87, 50.01, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.53% -0.0158 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(57.53% 0.11 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5173, 19.1581, 3.8119)
Luminance	0.1916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A791B #1B2C8A

analogous

#8A421B #8A791B #638A1B

triadic

#8A791B #1B8A79 #791B8A

tetradic

#8A791B #1B8A42 #1B2C8A #8A1B63

square

#8A791B #1B8A42 #1B2C8A #8A1B63

split-complementary

#8A791B #1B638A #421B8A

monochromatic

#241F07 #574C11 #8A791B #BDA625 #DBC445

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#8A791B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A791B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A791B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A791B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A791B	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867604

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a791b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.110 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f60',
    500: '#8a791b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a791b;
$custom-light: #b09f60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a791b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57525,
    "c": 0.10962,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A791B

secondary

#4557BC

accent

#58EA3E

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2EA

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A791B

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

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