#8E791D#8E791D

#8E791D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.109 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E791D
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 29)
HSL	hsl(49, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(49, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 79.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.28, -1.75, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.28, 49.72, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(57.95% -0.0103 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.95% 0.109 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2155, 19.5153, 3.9695)
Luminance	0.1951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E791D #1D328E

analogous

#8E411D #8E791D #6A8E1D

triadic

#8E791D #1D8E79 #791D8E

tetradic

#8E791D #1D8E41 #1D328E #8E1D6A

square

#8E791D #1D8E41 #1D328E #8E1D6A

split-complementary

#8E791D #1D6A8E #411D8E

monochromatic

#282208 #5B4E13 #8E791D #C1A427 #DAC04B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#8E791D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#8E791D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E791D

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E791D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E791D	1.00	4.28	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867609

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A6F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e791d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.109 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b39f61',
    500: '#8e791d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e791d;
$custom-light: #b39f61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e791d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57949,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E791D

secondary

#4A5FBD

accent

#5EE93F

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E05

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E791D

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

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