#8A792E#8A792E

#8A792E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.096 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A792E
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 66.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.01, -2.70, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.01, 42.29, 93.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0108 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.096 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8126, 19.2761, 5.3667)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A792E #2E3F8A

analogous

#8A4B2E #8A792E #6D8A2E

triadic

#8A792E #2E8A79 #792E8A

tetradic

#8A792E #2E8A4B #2E3F8A #8A2E6D

square

#8A792E #2E8A4B #2E3F8A #8A2E6D

split-complementary

#8A792E #2E6D8A #4B2E8A

monochromatic

#2E290F #5C511F #8A792E #B8A13D #CCB966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A792E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#8A792E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A792E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A792E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A792E	1.00	4.33	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a792e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.096 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f6a',
    500: '#8a792e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a792e;
$custom-light: #af9f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a792e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.913,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57677,
    "c": 0.09649,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A792E

secondary

#6170B3

accent

#68DA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A792E

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

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