#8E893B#8E893B

#8E893B is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E893B
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 58.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.05, -8.80, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.05, 42.57, 101.92°)
OKLab	oklab(61.81% -0.0269 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(61.81% 0.1 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(20.8911, 23.9585, 7.6608)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E893B #3B408E

analogous

#8E603B #8E893B #6A8E3B

triadic

#8E893B #3B8E89 #893B8E

tetradic

#8E893B #3B8E60 #3B408E #8E3B6A

square

#8E893B #3B8E60 #3B408E #8E3B6A

split-complementary

#8E893B #3B6A8E #603B8E

monochromatic

#383617 #635F29 #8E893B #B6B050 #C8C47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8E893B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8E893B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E893B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E893B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E893B	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)

#948433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e893b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab74',
    500: '#8e893b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e893b;
$custom-light: #b1ab74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e893b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 41.294,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61805,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E893B

secondary

#7377B2

accent

#5ED157

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E893B

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

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