#8A791D#8A791D

#8A791D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.109 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A791D
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 29)
HSL	hsl(51, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(51, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 79%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.88, -3.62, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.88, 49.31, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0154 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.109 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5413, 19.1676, 3.9379)
Luminance	0.1917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A791D #1D2E8A

analogous

#8A421D #8A791D #648A1D

triadic

#8A791D #1D8A79 #791D8A

tetradic

#8A791D #1D8A42 #1D2E8A #8A1D64

square

#8A791D #1D8A42 #1D2E8A #8A1D64

split-complementary

#8A791D #1D648A #421D8A

monochromatic

#252008 #574D12 #8A791D #BDA528 #D9C249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#8A791D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#8A791D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A791D

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A791D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A791D	1.00	4.34	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.34	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)

#867609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a791d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.109 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f61',
    500: '#8a791d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a791d;
$custom-light: #b09f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a791d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.642,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57537,
    "c": 0.10851,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A791D

secondary

#485ABB

accent

#5AE840

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A791D

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

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