#8A792B#8A792B

#8A792B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.099 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A792B
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 68.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, -2.89, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 43.65, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0117 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.099 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7555, 19.2533, 5.0661)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A792B #2B3C8A

analogous

#8A492B #8A792B #6B8A2B

triadic

#8A792B #2B8A79 #792B8A

tetradic

#8A792B #2B8A49 #2B3C8A #8A2B6B

square

#8A792B #2B8A49 #2B3C8A #8A2B6B

split-complementary

#8A792B #2B6B8A #492B8A

monochromatic

#2D270E #5B501C #8A792B #B9A23A #CEBB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A792B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A792B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A792B

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A792B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A792B	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)

#857621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a792b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.099 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f69',
    500: '#8a792b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a792b;
$custom-light: #af9f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a792b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57648,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A792B

secondary

#5D6CB4

accent

#66DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A792B

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

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