#8E892C#8E892C

#8E892C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.113 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E892C
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 44)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 69%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.91, -9.84, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.91, 49.30, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0316 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.113 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.5564, 23.8247, 5.8982)
Luminance	0.2382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E892C #2C318E

analogous

#8E582C #8E892C #628E2C

triadic

#8E892C #2C8E89 #892C8E

tetradic

#8E892C #2C8E58 #2C318E #8E2C62

square

#8E892C #2C8E58 #2C318E #8E2C62

split-complementary

#8E892C #2C628E #582C8E

monochromatic

#312F0F #5F5C1E #8E892C #BDB63A #CFCA65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E892C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#8E892C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E892C

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E892C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E892C	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)

#95841F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e892c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.113 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6b',
    500: '#8e892c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e892c;
$custom-light: #b2ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e892c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.939,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61655,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E892C

secondary

#6064B6

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E892C

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

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