#8E8253#8E8253

#8E8253 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.6% C 0.067 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8253
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 26%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 41.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -2.57, 27.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 27.20, 95.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.59% -0.0064 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(60.59% 0.067 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.6997, 22.3413, 11.4039)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8253 #535F8E

analogous

#8E6553 #8E8253 #7D8E53

triadic

#8E8253 #538E82 #82538E

tetradic

#8E8253 #538E65 #535F8E #8E537D

square

#8E8253 #538E65 #535F8E #8E537D

split-complementary

#8E8253 #537D8E #65538E

monochromatic

#413B26 #675F3C #8E8253 #ACA172 #C3BA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#8E8253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#8E8253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8253

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8253	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.6% 0.067 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a684',
    500: '#8e8253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8253;
$custom-light: #b0a684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.797,
    "s": 26.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60592,
    "c": 0.06666,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8253

secondary

#8D94B0

accent

#78C365

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#110F0B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8253

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

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