#8B791F#8B791F

#8B791F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.107 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B791F
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.99, -3.06, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.99, 48.68, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0137 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.107 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7331, 19.2636, 4.0803)
Luminance	0.1926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B791F #1F318B

analogous

#8B431F #8B791F #678B1F

triadic

#8B791F #1F8B79 #791F8B

tetradic

#8B791F #1F8B43 #1F318B #8B1F67

square

#8B791F #1F8B43 #1F318B #8B1F67

split-complementary

#8B791F #1F678B #431F8B

monochromatic

#272209 #594D14 #8B791F #BDA52A #D7C04D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8B791F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8B791F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B791F

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B791F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B791F	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)

#86760E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b791f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.107 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f62',
    500: '#8b791f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b791f;
$custom-light: #b09f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b791f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57652,
    "c": 0.10738,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B791F

secondary

#4C5EBA

accent

#5DE741

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B791F

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

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