#8E893E#8E893E

#8E893E is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.097 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E893E
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 56.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.08, -8.55, 40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.08, 41.12, 102.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0258 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.097 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.9711, 23.9906, 8.0825)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E893E #3E438E

analogous

#8E613E #8E893E #6B8E3E

triadic

#8E893E #3E8E89 #893E8E

tetradic

#8E893E #3E8E61 #3E438E #8E3E6B

square

#8E893E #3E8E61 #3E438E #8E3E6B

split-complementary

#8E893E #3E6B8E #613E8E

monochromatic

#393719 #63602B #8E893E #B5AF55 #C7C37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E893E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E893E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E893E

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E893E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E893E	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)

#948437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e893e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.097 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab76',
    500: '#8e893e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e893e;
$custom-light: #b1ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e893e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 39.216,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61841,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E893E

secondary

#767AB1

accent

#60CF59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111008

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E893E

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

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