#8B792B#8B792B

#8B792B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.099 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B792B
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 43)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.08, -2.43, 43.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.08, 43.75, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% -0.0105 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.099 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.9217, 19.3390, 5.0738)
Luminance	0.1934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B792B #2B3D8B

analogous

#8B492B #8B792B #6D8B2B

triadic

#8B792B #2B8B79 #792B8B

tetradic

#8B792B #2B8B49 #2B3D8B #8B2B6D

square

#8B792B #2B8B49 #2B3D8B #8B2B6D

split-complementary

#8B792B #2B6D8B #492B8B

monochromatic

#2E280E #5C501D #8B792B #BAA239 #CEBA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8B792B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8B792B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B792B

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B792B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B792B	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#857621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b792b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.099 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f69',
    500: '#8b792b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b792b;
$custom-light: #b09f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b792b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57749,
    "c": 0.09904,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B792B

secondary

#5D6EB5

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B792B

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

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