#8E892F#8E892F

#8E892F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.111 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E892F
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 66.9%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.94, -9.65, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.94, 48.04, 101.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.68% -0.0307 0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(61.68% 0.111 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.6148, 23.8480, 6.2060)
Luminance	0.2385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E892F #2F348E

analogous

#8E5A2F #8E892F #648E2F

triadic

#8E892F #2F8E89 #892F8E

tetradic

#8E892F #2F8E5A #2F348E #8E2F64

square

#8E892F #2F8E5A #2F348E #8E2F64

split-complementary

#8E892F #2F648E #5A2F8E

monochromatic

#323011 #605D20 #8E892F #BCB53E #CEC86A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#8E892F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#8E892F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E892F

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E892F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E892F	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)

#958423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988077

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e892f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.111 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ab6d',
    500: '#8e892f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e892f;
$custom-light: #b2ab6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e892f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 50.265,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61681,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E892F

secondary

#6468B5

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EC

border

#D0CEC7

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E892F

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

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