#8E893D#8E893D

#8E893D is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E893D
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 40%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 57%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -8.63, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 41.61, 101.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.83% -0.0262 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(61.83% 0.098 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.9439, 23.9797, 7.9393)
Luminance	0.2398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E893D #3D428E

analogous

#8E603D #8E893D #6B8E3D

triadic

#8E893D #3D8E89 #893D8E

tetradic

#8E893D #3D8E60 #3D428E #8E3D6B

square

#8E893D #3D8E60 #3D428E #8E3D6B

split-complementary

#8E893D #3D6B8E #603D8E

monochromatic

#383618 #63602B #8E893D #B5AF53 #C8C37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E893D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E893D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E893D

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E893D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E893D	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e893d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab75',
    500: '#8e893d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e893d;
$custom-light: #b1ab75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e893d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 39.901,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61829,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E893D

secondary

#7579B1

accent

#5FD058

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E893D

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

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