#8A7929#8A7929

#8A7929 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.100 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7929
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 41)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 70.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -3.01, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 44.53, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0123 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.1 97)
XYZ	xyz(17.7197, 19.2390, 4.8775)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7929 #293A8A

analogous

#8A4929 #8A7929 #6A8A29

triadic

#8A7929 #298A79 #79298A

tetradic

#8A7929 #298A49 #293A8A #8A296A

square

#8A7929 #298A49 #293A8A #8A296A

split-complementary

#8A7929 #296A8A #49298A

monochromatic

#2C260D #5B501B #8A7929 #B9A237 #CFBB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A7929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A7929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7929

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7929	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)

#85761E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.100 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f67',
    500: '#8a7929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7929;
$custom-light: #af9f67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 54.19,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57629,
    "c": 0.10049,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.19238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7929

secondary

#5A6AB5

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7929

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

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