#8C792B#8C792B

#8C792B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.099 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C792B
RGB	rgb(140, 121, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 69.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, -1.97, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 43.87, 92.57°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0092 0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.099 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.0895, 19.4255, 5.0817)
Luminance	0.1943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C792B #2B3E8C

analogous

#8C482B #8C792B #6E8C2B

triadic

#8C792B #2B8C79 #792B8C

tetradic

#8C792B #2B8C48 #2B3E8C #8C2B6E

square

#8C792B #2B8C48 #2B3E8C #8C2B6E

split-complementary

#8C792B #2B6E8C #482B8C

monochromatic

#2E280E #5D511D #8C792B #BBA139 #CFBA62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#8C792B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8C792B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C792B

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C792B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C792B	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857621

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c792b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 121, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.099 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19f69',
    500: '#8c792b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c792b;
$custom-light: #b19f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c792b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 53.005,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57852,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C792B

secondary

#5E6FB5

accent

#68DC4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C792B

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

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