#8B894E#8B894E

#8B894E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.080 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B894E
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 78)
HSL	hsl(58, 28%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 44%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 43.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.02, -8.30, 31.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.02, 32.88, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0232 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.08 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.9686, 23.9308, 10.7208)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B894E #4E508B

analogous

#8B6B4E #8B894E #6E8B4E

triadic

#8B894E #4E8B89 #894E8B

tetradic

#8B894E #4E8B6B #4E508B #8B4E6E

square

#8B894E #4E8B6B #4E508B #8B4E6E

split-complementary

#8B894E #4E6E8B #6B4E8B

monochromatic

#3D3C22 #646238 #8B894E #ACAA6B #C2C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8B894E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8B894E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B894E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B894E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B894E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b894e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.080 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab81',
    500: '#8b894e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b894e;
$custom-light: #aeab81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b894e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 28.111,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61795,
    "c": 0.08027,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B894E

secondary

#8788AE

accent

#67C463

background

#FAFAF7

surface

#F4F4EE

border

#CECEC9

text

#10100A

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B894E

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

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