#8E893A#8E893A

#8E893A is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E893A
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 58)
HSL	hsl(56, 42%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 59.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, -8.88, 42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 43.05, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% -0.0272 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.101 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8654, 23.9483, 7.5255)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E893A #3A3F8E

analogous

#8E5F3A #8E893A #698E3A

triadic

#8E893A #3A8E89 #893A8E

tetradic

#8E893A #3A8E5F #3A3F8E #8E3A69

square

#8E893A #3A8E5F #3A3F8E #8E3A69

split-complementary

#8E893A #3A698E #5F3A8E

monochromatic

#373517 #635F28 #8E893A #B7B14E #C9C47A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8E893A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8E893A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E893A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E893A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E893A	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e893a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab73',
    500: '#8e893a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e893a;
$custom-light: #b1ab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e893a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 42,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61793,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E893A

secondary

#7276B2

accent

#5DD256

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E893A

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

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