#8E835E#8E835E

#8E835E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.054 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E835E
RGB	rgb(142, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(46, 34%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.7%, 33.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.86, -1.75, 21.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.86, 21.62, 94.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.03% -0.0033 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(61.03% 0.054 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.2923, 22.7921, 13.8652)
Luminance	0.2279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E835E #5E698E

analogous

#8E6B5E #8E835E #818E5E

triadic

#8E835E #5E8E83 #835E8E

tetradic

#8E835E #5E8E6B #5E698E #8E5E81

square

#8E835E #5E8E6B #5E698E #8E5E81

split-complementary

#8E835E #5E818E #6B5E8E

monochromatic

#443F2D #696146 #8E835E #AAA07F #C3BCA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#8E835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#8E835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E835E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E835E	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B815B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E855F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.054 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a78c',
    500: '#8e835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e835e;
$custom-light: #b0a78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 20.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61026,
    "c": 0.05396,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E835E

secondary

#979DB1

accent

#7EBD6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E835E

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

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