#8E8564#8E8564

#8E8564 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.048 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8564
RGB	rgb(142, 133, 100)
HSL	hsl(47, 17%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(47, 30%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 29.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, -2.05, 19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 19.17, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0039 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.048 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.8433, 23.4465, 15.4291)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8564 #646D8E

analogous

#8E7064 #8E8564 #828E64

triadic

#8E8564 #648E85 #85648E

tetradic

#8E8564 #648E70 #646D8E #8E6482

square

#8E8564 #648E70 #646D8E #8E6482

split-complementary

#8E8564 #64828E #70648E

monochromatic

#464231 #6A634B #8E8564 #AAA286 #C3BDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8E8564 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8E8564 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8564

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8564	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8564	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8564;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 133, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.048 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa890',
    500: '#8e8564',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8564;
$custom-light: #afa890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8564",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 17.355,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61594,
    "c": 0.04821,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8564

secondary

#9CA1B2

accent

#7EBA6E

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#100F0C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8564

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

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