#8E894E#8E894E

#8E894E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.080 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E894E
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -7.01, 32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 32.95, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0197 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.08 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4766, 24.1927, 10.7446)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E894E #4E538E

analogous

#8E694E #8E894E #738E4E

triadic

#8E894E #4E8E89 #894E8E

tetradic

#8E894E #4E8E69 #4E538E #8E4E73

square

#8E894E #4E8E69 #4E538E #8E4E73

split-complementary

#8E894E #4E738E #694E8E

monochromatic

#3F3D23 #666338 #8E894E #AEA96B #C4C093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8E894E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8E894E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E894E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E894E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E894E	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e894e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.080 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab81',
    500: '#8e894e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e894e;
$custom-light: #b0ab81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e894e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.312,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62067,
    "c": 0.08011,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E894E

secondary

#888BB0

accent

#6AC562

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E894E

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

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