#8E792C#8E792C

#8E792C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.099 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E792C
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, -0.99, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 43.66, 91.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0064 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.099 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.4482, 19.6084, 5.1955)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E792C #2C418E

analogous

#8E482C #8E792C #728E2C

triadic

#8E792C #2C8E79 #792C8E

tetradic

#8E792C #2C8E48 #2C418E #8E2C72

square

#8E792C #2C8E48 #2C418E #8E2C72

split-complementary

#8E792C #2C728E #482C8E

monochromatic

#31290F #5F511E #8E792C #BDA13A #CFB965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#8E792C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8E792C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E792C

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E792C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E792C	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)

#867722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e792c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.099 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29f69',
    500: '#8e792c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e792c;
$custom-light: #b29f69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e792c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58068,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E792C

secondary

#6072B6

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E792C

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

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