#8E7E4E#8E7E4E

#8E7E4E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.069 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E4E
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.19, -0.89, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.19, 28.33, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% -0.002 0.0689)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.069 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9919, 21.2233, 10.2497)
Luminance	0.2122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E4E #4E5E8E

analogous

#8E5E4E #8E7E4E #7E8E4E

triadic

#8E7E4E #4E8E7E #7E4E8E

tetradic

#8E7E4E #4E8E5E #4E5E8E #8E4E7E

square

#8E7E4E #4E8E5E #4E5E8E #8E4E7E

split-complementary

#8E7E4E #4E7E8E #5E4E8E

monochromatic

#3F3823 #665B38 #8E7E4E #AE9D6B #C4B793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8E7E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#8E7E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E4E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E4E	1.00	4.00	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#977772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.069 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a380',
    500: '#8e7e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e4e;
$custom-light: #b0a380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59623,
    "c": 0.06893,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E4E

secondary

#8892B0

accent

#7BC562

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F3EE

border

#D0CDC9

text

#110F0A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E4E

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

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