#8E892D#8E892D

#8E892D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.112 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E892D
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 68.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.92, -9.78, 47.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.92, 48.89, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(61.66% -0.0313 0.1076)
OKLCH	oklch(61.66% 0.112 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5754, 23.8323, 5.9984)
Luminance	0.2383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E892D #2D328E

analogous

#8E592D #8E892D #638E2D

triadic

#8E892D #2D8E89 #892D8E

tetradic

#8E892D #2D8E59 #2D328E #8E2D63

square

#8E892D #2D8E59 #2D328E #8E2D63

split-complementary

#8E892D #2D638E #592D8E

monochromatic

#312F10 #605C1E #8E892D #BCB63C #CFC967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E892D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8E892D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E892D

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E892D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E892D	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e892d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.112 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6b',
    500: '#8e892d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e892d;
$custom-light: #b2ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e892d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.907,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61663,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E892D

secondary

#6166B5

accent

#54DB4C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E892D

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

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