#8E792E#8E792E

#8E792E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.097 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E792E
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, -0.86, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 42.76, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% -0.0058 0.0969)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.097 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4867, 19.6238, 5.3983)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E792E #2E438E

analogous

#8E492E #8E792E #738E2E

triadic

#8E792E #2E8E79 #792E8E

tetradic

#8E792E #2E8E49 #2E438E #8E2E73

square

#8E792E #2E8E49 #2E438E #8E2E73

split-complementary

#8E792E #2E738E #492E8E

monochromatic

#322A10 #60521F #8E792E #BCA03D #CEB868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8E792E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#8E792E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E792E

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E792E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E792E	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	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)

#867725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e792e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.097 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29f6b',
    500: '#8e792e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e792e;
$custom-light: #b29f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e792e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58088,
    "c": 0.09708,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E792E

secondary

#6375B5

accent

#6CDB4D

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E792E

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

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