#8E792A#8E792A

#8E792A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.100 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E792A
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 70.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, -1.10, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 44.55, 91.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% -0.007 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.1 94)
XYZ	xyz(18.4115, 19.5937, 5.0022)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E792A #2A3F8E

analogous

#8E472A #8E792A #718E2A

triadic

#8E792A #2A8E79 #792A8E

tetradic

#8E792A #2A8E47 #2A3F8E #8E2A71

square

#8E792A #2A8E47 #2A3F8E #8E2A71

split-complementary

#8E792A #2A718E #472A8E

monochromatic

#30290E #5F511C #8E792A #BDA138 #D1B962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8E792A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8E792A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E792A

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E792A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E792A	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e792a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.100 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29f68',
    500: '#8e792a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e792a;
$custom-light: #b29f68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e792a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.4,
    "s": 54.348,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58049,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.19593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E792A

secondary

#5D70B6

accent

#69DE4A

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E792A

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

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