#8E8461#8E8461

#8E8461 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.051 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8461
RGB	rgb(142, 132, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 19%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 32%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 31.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, -1.91, 20.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 20.39, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0036 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.051 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.5645, 23.1169, 14.6330)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8461 #616B8E

analogous

#8E6E61 #8E8461 #828E61

triadic

#8E8461 #618E84 #84618E

tetradic

#8E8461 #618E6E #616B8E #8E6182

square

#8E8461 #618E6E #616B8E #8E6182

split-complementary

#8E8461 #61828E #6E618E

monochromatic

#45402F #6A6248 #8E8461 #AAA182 #C3BCA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8E8461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8E8461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8461

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8461	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B825F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 132, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.051 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa78e',
    500: '#8e8461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8461;
$custom-light: #afa78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 18.828,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61309,
    "c": 0.0511,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8461

secondary

#9A9FB1

accent

#7EBB6C

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8461

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

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