#8E842E#8E842E

#8E842E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.106 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E842E
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.50, -6.99, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.50, 46.53, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(60.54% -0.0233 0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(60.54% 0.106 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.9005, 22.4514, 5.8695)
Luminance	0.2245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E842E #2E388E

analogous

#8E542E #8E842E #688E2E

triadic

#8E842E #2E8E84 #842E8E

tetradic

#8E842E #2E8E54 #2E388E #8E2E68

square

#8E842E #2E8E54 #2E388E #8E2E68

split-complementary

#8E842E #2E688E #542E8E

monochromatic

#322E10 #60591F #8E842E #BCAF3D #CEC468

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#8E842E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#8E842E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E842E

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E842E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E842E	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	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)

#908023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#997B72

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e842e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.106 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a76b',
    500: '#8e842e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e842e;
$custom-light: #b2a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e842e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.75,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60539,
    "c": 0.10638,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E842E

secondary

#636BB5

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F07

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E842E

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

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