#8B791E#8B791E

#8B791E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.108 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B791E
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 78.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -3.11, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 49.04, 93.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0139 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.108 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7201, 19.2584, 4.0119)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B791E #1E308B

analogous

#8B421E #8B791E #668B1E

triadic

#8B791E #1E8B79 #791E8B

tetradic

#8B791E #1E8B42 #1E308B #8B1E66

square

#8B791E #1E8B42 #1E308B #8B1E66

split-complementary

#8B791E #1E668B #421E8B

monochromatic

#262108 #594D13 #8B791E #BDA529 #D8C14B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8B791E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8B791E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B791E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B791E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B791E	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)

#86760B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b791e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.108 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f62',
    500: '#8b791e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b791e;
$custom-light: #b09f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b791e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57646,
    "c": 0.10798,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B791E

secondary

#4A5DBB

accent

#5CE740

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B791E

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

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