#8E893F#8E893F

#8E893F is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.096 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E893F
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 63)
HSL	hsl(56, 39%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 56%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 55.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.09, -8.46, 39.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.09, 40.63, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(61.85% -0.0255 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(61.85% 0.096 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9988, 24.0016, 8.2283)
Luminance	0.2400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E893F #3F448E

analogous

#8E623F #8E893F #6B8E3F

triadic

#8E893F #3F8E89 #893F8E

tetradic

#8E893F #3F8E62 #3F448E #8E3F6B

square

#8E893F #3F8E62 #3F448E #8E3F6B

split-complementary

#8E893F #3F6B8E #623F8E

monochromatic

#393719 #64602C #8E893F #B4AE56 #C7C281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8E893F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8E893F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E893F

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E893F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E893F	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)

#948438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978178

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e893f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.096 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab76',
    500: '#8e893f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e893f;
$custom-light: #b1ab76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e893f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 38.537,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61853,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E893F

secondary

#787BB1

accent

#61CE59

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4ED

border

#D0CEC8

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E893F

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

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