#8D7429#8D7429

#8D7429 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.8% C 0.097 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7429
RGB	rgb(141, 116, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 70.9%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.88, 1.21, 43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.88, 43.42, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(56.84% -0.0004 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(56.84% 0.097 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6311, 18.3146, 4.7038)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7429 #29428D

analogous

#8D4229 #8D7429 #748D29

triadic

#8D7429 #298D74 #74298D

tetradic

#8D7429 #298D42 #29428D #8D2974

square

#8D7429 #298D42 #29428D #8D2974

split-complementary

#8D7429 #29748D #42298D

monochromatic

#2E260D #5E4D1B #8D7429 #BC9B37 #D1B460

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#8D7429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#8D7429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7429

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7429	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81731F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 116, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.8% 0.097 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29b67',
    500: '#8d7429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7429;
$custom-light: #b29b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56839,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7429

secondary

#5B72B6

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7429

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

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