#8E882E#8E882E

#8E882E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.110 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E882E
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.64, -9.17, 47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.64, 48.07, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.45% -0.0295 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(61.45% 0.11 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.4534, 23.5571, 6.0538)
Luminance	0.2356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E882E #2E348E

analogous

#8E582E #8E882E #648E2E

triadic

#8E882E #2E8E88 #882E8E

tetradic

#8E882E #2E8E58 #2E348E #8E2E64

square

#8E882E #2E8E58 #2E348E #8E2E64

split-complementary

#8E882E #2E648E #582E8E

monochromatic

#322F10 #605C1F #8E882E #BCB43D #CEC868

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#8E882E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#8E882E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E882E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E882E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E882E	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987F76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e882e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.110 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2aa6c',
    500: '#8e882e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e882e;
$custom-light: #b2aa6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e882e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61445,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E882E

secondary

#6368B5

accent

#56DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E882E

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

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