#8E823E#8E823E

#8E823E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.090 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E823E
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(51, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.10, -4.70, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.10, 38.22, 97.06°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% -0.0148 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.09 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.0082, 22.0646, 7.7615)
Luminance	0.2206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E823E #3E4A8E

analogous

#8E5A3E #8E823E #728E3E

triadic

#8E823E #3E8E82 #823E8E

tetradic

#8E823E #3E8E5A #3E4A8E #8E3E72

square

#8E823E #3E8E5A #3E4A8E #8E3E72

split-complementary

#8E823E #3E728E #5A3E8E

monochromatic

#393419 #635B2B #8E823E #B5A655 #C7BC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#8E823E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#8E823E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E823E

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E823E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E823E	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e823e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.090 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a675',
    500: '#8e823e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e823e;
$custom-light: #b1a675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e823e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 39.216,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60267,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E823E

secondary

#767FB1

accent

#6ACF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#110F08

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E823E

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

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