#8E8259#8E8259

#8E8259 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.059 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8259
RGB	rgb(142, 130, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 23%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(46, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 37.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.49, -1.84, 23.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.49, 23.94, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% -0.0038 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.059 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.9415, 22.4380, 12.6771)
Luminance	0.2244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8259 #59658E

analogous

#8E6759 #8E8259 #7F8E59

triadic

#8E8259 #598E82 #82598E

tetradic

#8E8259 #598E67 #59658E #8E597F

square

#8E8259 #598E67 #59658E #8E597F

split-complementary

#8E8259 #597F8E #67598E

monochromatic

#433D2A #686041 #8E8259 #ABA079 #C3BB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#8E8259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8E8259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8259

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8259	1.00	3.83	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E845A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 130, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.059 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a688',
    500: '#8e8259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8259;
$custom-light: #b0a688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.415,
    "s": 22.944,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60705,
    "c": 0.0593,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8259

secondary

#9299B0

accent

#7CBF68

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8259

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

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