#8B792E#8B792E

#8B792E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.097 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B792E
RGB	rgb(139, 121, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 66.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, -2.24, 42.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 42.40, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0095 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.097 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.9788, 19.3619, 5.3745)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B792E #2E408B

analogous

#8B4B2E #8B792E #6F8B2E

triadic

#8B792E #2E8B79 #792E8B

tetradic

#8B792E #2E8B4B #2E408B #8B2E6F

square

#8B792E #2E8B4B #2E408B #8B2E6F

split-complementary

#8B792E #2E6F8B #4B2E8B

monochromatic

#2F2910 #5D511F #8B792E #B9A13D #CDB967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#8B792E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#8B792E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B792E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B792E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B792E	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)

#857625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b792e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 121, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.097 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09f6a',
    500: '#8b792e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b792e;
$custom-light: #b09f6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b792e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 50.27,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57779,
    "c": 0.09661,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B792E

secondary

#6171B3

accent

#69DA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B792E

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

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