#8B792A#8B792A

#8B792A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.100 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B792A
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.8%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, -2.49, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 44.20, 93.23°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0108 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.1 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9036, 19.3318, 4.9784)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B792A #2A3C8B

analogous

#8B482A #8B792A #6C8B2A

triadic

#8B792A #2A8B79 #792A8B

tetradic

#8B792A #2A8B48 #2A3C8B #8B2A6C

square

#8B792A #2A8B48 #2A3C8B #8B2A6C

split-complementary

#8B792A #2A6C8B #482A8B

monochromatic

#2D270E #5C501C #8B792A #BAA238 #CFBB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#8B792A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8B792A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B792A

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B792A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B792A	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b792a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.100 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f68',
    500: '#8b792a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b792a;
$custom-light: #b09f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b792a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.866,
    "s": 53.591,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5774,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B792A

secondary

#5C6CB5

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B792A

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

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