#8E896A#8E896A

#8E896A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.045 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E896A
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 106)
HSL	hsl(52, 15%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 25%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 25.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.77, -3.42, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.77, 17.67, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.61% -0.0077 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(62.61% 0.045 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7025, 24.6831, 17.2013)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E896A #6A6F8E

analogous

#8E776A #8E896A #818E6A

triadic

#8E896A #6A8E89 #896A8E

tetradic

#8E896A #6A8E77 #6A6F8E #8E6A81

square

#8E896A #6A8E77 #6A6F8E #8E6A81

split-complementary

#8E896A #6A818E #776A8E

monochromatic

#484536 #6B6750 #8E896A #A9A58C #C3C1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#8E896A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8E896A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E896A

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E896A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E896A	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91896B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e896a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.045 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab94',
    500: '#8e896a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e896a;
$custom-light: #afab94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e896a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 14.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62609,
    "c": 0.04466,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E896A

secondary

#A1A4B3

accent

#7AB770

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E896A

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

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