#8E793A#8E793A

#8E793A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.086 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E793A
RGB	rgb(142, 121, 58)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.53, 0.01, 37.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.53, 37.00, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0017 0.0864)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.086 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.7572, 19.7320, 6.8228)
Luminance	0.1973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E793A #3A4F8E

analogous

#8E4F3A #8E793A #798E3A

triadic

#8E793A #3A8E79 #793A8E

tetradic

#8E793A #3A8E4F #3A4F8E #8E3A79

square

#8E793A #3A8E4F #3A4F8E #8E3A79

split-complementary

#8E793A #3A798E #4F3A8E

monochromatic

#372F17 #635428 #8E793A #B79D4E #C9B57A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8E793A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#8E793A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E793A

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E793A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E793A	1.00	4.25	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e793a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 121, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.086 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b19f72',
    500: '#8e793a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e793a;
$custom-light: #b19f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e793a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 42,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58225,
    "c": 0.08637,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E793A

secondary

#7282B2

accent

#75D256

background

#FBF9F7

surface

#F6F2ED

border

#D0CCC8

text

#110E08

muted

#807E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E793A

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

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