#8E792F#8E792F

#8E792F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.096 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E792F
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 47)
HSL	hsl(47, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, -0.80, 42.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 42.30, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% -0.0055 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.096 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.5067, 19.6318, 5.5033)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E792F #2F448E

analogous

#8E4A2F #8E792F #748E2F

triadic

#8E792F #2F8E79 #792F8E

tetradic

#8E792F #2F8E4A #2F448E #8E2F74

square

#8E792F #2F8E4A #2F448E #8E2F74

split-complementary

#8E792F #2F748E #4A2F8E

monochromatic

#322B11 #605220 #8E792F #BCA03E #CEB86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#8E792F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#8E792F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E792F

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E792F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E792F	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e792f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.096 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29f6b',
    500: '#8e792f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e792f;
$custom-light: #b29f6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e792f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.737,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58098,
    "c": 0.09627,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E792F

secondary

#6476B5

accent

#6DDA4E

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E07

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E792F

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

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