#8A792A#8A792A

#8A792A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.100 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A792A
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 69.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, -2.95, 43.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 44.09, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.012 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.1 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7374, 19.2461, 4.9706)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A792A #2A3B8A

analogous

#8A492A #8A792A #6B8A2A

triadic

#8A792A #2A8A79 #792A8A

tetradic

#8A792A #2A8A49 #2A3B8A #8A2A6B

square

#8A792A #2A8A49 #2A3B8A #8A2A6B

split-complementary

#8A792A #2A6B8A #492A8A

monochromatic

#2C270D #5B501C #8A792A #B9A238 #CFBB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A792A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A792A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A792A

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A792A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A792A	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)

#857620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a792a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.100 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f68',
    500: '#8a792a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a792a;
$custom-light: #af9f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a792a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.375,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57638,
    "c": 0.09972,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A792A

secondary

#5B6BB4

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A792A

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

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