#8E883B#8E883B

#8E883B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.099 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E883B
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.76, -8.25, 41.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.76, 42.15, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(61.58% -0.0253 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(61.58% 0.099 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.7496, 23.6756, 7.6137)
Luminance	0.2367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E883B #3B418E

analogous

#8E5F3B #8E883B #6B8E3B

triadic

#8E883B #3B8E88 #883B8E

tetradic

#8E883B #3B8E5F #3B418E #8E3B6B

square

#8E883B #3B8E5F #3B418E #8E3B6B

split-complementary

#8E883B #3B6B8E #5F3B8E

monochromatic

#383517 #635F29 #8E883B #B6AF50 #C8C37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E883B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8E883B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E883B

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E883B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E883B	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e883b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.099 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aa74',
    500: '#8e883b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e883b;
$custom-light: #b1aa74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e883b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 41.294,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61578,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E883B

secondary

#7378B2

accent

#60D157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E883B

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

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