#8E893C#8E893C

#8E893C is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.099 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E893C
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 60)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.06, -8.72, 41.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.06, 42.09, 101.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0265 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.099 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9172, 23.9690, 7.7987)
Luminance	0.2397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E893C #3C418E

analogous

#8E603C #8E893C #6A8E3C

triadic

#8E893C #3C8E89 #893C8E

tetradic

#8E893C #3C8E60 #3C418E #8E3C6A

square

#8E893C #3C8E60 #3C418E #8E3C6A

split-complementary

#8E893C #3C6A8E #603C8E

monochromatic

#383618 #635F2A #8E893C #B6B052 #C8C37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E893C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8E893C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E893C

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E893C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E893C	1.00	3.62	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.62	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)

#948434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e893c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.099 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab75',
    500: '#8e893c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e893c;
$custom-light: #b1ab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e893c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 40.594,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61817,
    "c": 0.09921,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E893C

secondary

#7478B2

accent

#5FD057

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E893C

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

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