#8E892E#8E892E

#8E892E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.111 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E892E
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 67.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, -9.72, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 48.46, 101.57°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% -0.031 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.111 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(20.5949, 23.8401, 6.1010)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E892E #2E338E

analogous

#8E592E #8E892E #638E2E

triadic

#8E892E #2E8E89 #892E8E

tetradic

#8E892E #2E8E59 #2E338E #8E2E63

square

#8E892E #2E8E59 #2E338E #8E2E63

split-complementary

#8E892E #2E638E #592E8E

monochromatic

#323010 #605C1F #8E892E #BCB63D #CEC968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E892E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8E892E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E892E

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E892E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E892E	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)

#958422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e892e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.111 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6c',
    500: '#8e892e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e892e;
$custom-light: #b2ab6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e892e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.875,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61672,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E892E

secondary

#6367B5

accent

#55DB4D

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E892E

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

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