#8E855F#8E855F

#8E855F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.055 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E855F
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 20%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 33%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 33.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, -2.74, 21.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 21.93, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0061 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.055 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.6087, 23.3526, 14.1935)
Luminance	0.2335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E855F #5F688E

analogous

#8E6E5F #8E855F #808E5F

triadic

#8E855F #5F8E85 #855F8E

tetradic

#8E855F #5F8E6E #5F688E #8E5F80

square

#8E855F #5F8E6E #5F688E #8E5F80

split-complementary

#8E855F #5F808E #6E5F8E

monochromatic

#45402E #696346 #8E855F #AAA280 #C3BDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8E855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8E855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E855F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E855F	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D835C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.055 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a88c',
    500: '#8e855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e855f;
$custom-light: #b0a88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 19.831,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61487,
    "c": 0.05471,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E855F

secondary

#989DB1

accent

#7BBC6B

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4F0

border

#CFCECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E855F

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

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