#8E855A#8E855A

#8E855A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.061 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E855A
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(50, 22%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 37%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 36.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, -3.39, 24.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 24.67, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.39% -0.0083 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(61.39% 0.061 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(21.3886, 23.2646, 13.0347)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E855A #5A638E

analogous

#8E6B5A #8E855A #7D8E5A

triadic

#8E855A #5A8E85 #855A8E

tetradic

#8E855A #5A8E6B #5A638E #8E5A7D

square

#8E855A #5A8E6B #5A638E #8E5A7D

split-complementary

#8E855A #5A7D8E #6B5A8E

monochromatic

#433F2B #696242 #8E855A #ABA27A #C3BDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8E855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#8E855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E855A

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E855A	1.00	3.71	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90865C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#967F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.061 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a889',
    500: '#8e855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e855a;
$custom-light: #b0a889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 22.414,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61387,
    "c": 0.06108,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E855A

secondary

#9398B1

accent

#78BF69

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0B

muted

#7F7F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E855A

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

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