#8E883E#8E883E

#8E883E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.096 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E883E
RGB	rgb(142, 136, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.79, -8.00, 39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.79, 40.69, 101.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% -0.0243 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.096 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8296, 23.7076, 8.0353)
Luminance	0.2371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E883E #3E448E

analogous

#8E603E #8E883E #6C8E3E

triadic

#8E883E #3E8E88 #883E8E

tetradic

#8E883E #3E8E60 #3E448E #8E3E6C

square

#8E883E #3E8E60 #3E448E #8E3E6C

split-complementary

#8E883E #3E6C8E #603E8E

monochromatic

#393619 #635F2B #8E883E #B5AD55 #C7C27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8E883E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#8E883E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E883E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E883E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E883E	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)

#938437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e883e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 136, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.096 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1aa76',
    500: '#8e883e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e883e;
$custom-light: #b1aa76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e883e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 39.216,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61615,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E883E

secondary

#767BB1

accent

#62CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E883E

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

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