#8E792B#8E792B

#8E792B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.099 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E792B
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, -1.04, 44.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 44.11, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0067 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.099 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.4297, 19.6009, 5.0977)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E792B #2B408E

analogous

#8E482B #8E792B #728E2B

triadic

#8E792B #2B8E79 #792B8E

tetradic

#8E792B #2B8E48 #2B408E #8E2B72

square

#8E792B #2B8E48 #2B408E #8E2B72

split-complementary

#8E792B #2B728E #482B8E

monochromatic

#30290F #5F511D #8E792B #BDA139 #D0B963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8E792B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8E792B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E792B

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E792B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E792B	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)

#867721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e792b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.099 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29f69',
    500: '#8e792b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e792b;
$custom-light: #b29f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e792b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.09947,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E792B

secondary

#5F71B6

accent

#6ADD4B

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E792B

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

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