#8E892B#8E892B

#8E892B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.114 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E892B
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 69.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.90, -9.90, 48.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.90, 49.71, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(61.65% -0.0319 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(61.65% 0.114 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5378, 23.8172, 5.8004)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E892B #2B308E

analogous

#8E582B #8E892B #628E2B

triadic

#8E892B #2B8E89 #892B8E

tetradic

#8E892B #2B8E58 #2B308E #8E2B62

square

#8E892B #2B8E58 #2B308E #8E2B62

split-complementary

#8E892B #2B628E #582B8E

monochromatic

#302E0F #5F5C1D #8E892B #BDB639 #D0CA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E892B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8E892B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E892B

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E892B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E892B	1.00	3.64	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95841D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e892b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.114 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6a',
    500: '#8e892b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e892b;
$custom-light: #b2ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e892b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.97,
    "s": 53.514,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61646,
    "c": 0.11357,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E892B

secondary

#5F63B6

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E892B

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

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