#8E866E#8E866E

#8E866E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.036 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E866E
RGB	rgb(142, 134, 110)
HSL	hsl(45, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 23%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.01, -1.13, 14.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.01, 14.07, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0011 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.036 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.4949, 23.9272, 18.1822)
Luminance	0.2393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E866E #6E768E

analogous

#8E766E #8E866E #868E6E

triadic

#8E866E #6E8E86 #866E8E

tetradic

#8E866E #6E8E76 #6E768E #8E6E86

square

#8E866E #6E8E76 #6E768E #8E6E86

split-complementary

#8E866E #6E868E #766E8E

monochromatic

#494539 #6C6553 #8E866E #A9A390 #C4C0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8E866E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8E866E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E866E

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E866E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E866E	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B856D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E876F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#93827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e866e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 134, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.036 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa997',
    500: '#8e866e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e866e;
$custom-light: #afa997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e866e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62045,
    "c": 0.03594,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E866E

secondary

#A5A8B3

accent

#83B672

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E866E

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

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