#8E855D#8E855D

#8E855D is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.057 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E855D
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 21%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 35%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 34.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, -3.01, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 23.03, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.007 0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.057 97)
XYZ	xyz(21.5189, 23.3167, 13.7208)
Luminance	0.2332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E855D #5D668E

analogous

#8E6C5D #8E855D #7E8E5D

triadic

#8E855D #5D8E85 #855D8E

tetradic

#8E855D #5D8E6C #5D668E #8E5D7E

square

#8E855D #5D8E6C #5D668E #8E5D7E

split-complementary

#8E855D #5D7E8E #6C5D8E

monochromatic

#44402D #696245 #8E855D #AAA27E #C3BDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8E855D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8E855D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E855D

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E855D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E855D	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D835A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F865E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e855d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.057 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a88b',
    500: '#8e855d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e855d;
$custom-light: #b0a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e855d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 20.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61446,
    "c": 0.05728,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.23316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E855D

secondary

#969BB1

accent

#7ABD6A

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E855D

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

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