#8B791D#8B791D

#8B791D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.109 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B791D
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 29)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, -3.15, 49.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 49.40, 93.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0141 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.109 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7075, 19.2534, 3.9457)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B791D #1D2F8B

analogous

#8B421D #8B791D #668B1D

triadic

#8B791D #1D8B79 #791D8B

tetradic

#8B791D #1D8B42 #1D2F8B #8B1D66

square

#8B791D #1D8B42 #1D2F8B #8B1D66

split-complementary

#8B791D #1D668B #421D8B

monochromatic

#262108 #584D12 #8B791D #BEA528 #D9C249

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8B791D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8B791D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B791D

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B791D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B791D	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)

#867609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#976F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b791d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.109 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19f61',
    500: '#8b791d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b791d;
$custom-light: #b19f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b791d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57639,
    "c": 0.10855,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B791D

secondary

#495BBB

accent

#5BE83F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B791D

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

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