#8E896B#8E896B

#8E896B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.043 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E896B
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 107)
HSL	hsl(51, 14%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 25%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -3.27, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 17.12, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.63% -0.0072 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(62.63% 0.043 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.7548, 24.7040, 17.4767)
Luminance	0.2470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E896B #6B708E

analogous

#8E786B #8E896B #828E6B

triadic

#8E896B #6B8E89 #896B8E

tetradic

#8E896B #6B8E78 #6B708E #8E6B82

square

#8E896B #6B8E78 #6B708E #8E6B82

split-complementary

#8E896B #6B828E #786B8E

monochromatic

#484636 #6B6751 #8E896B #A9A58D #C3C1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8E896B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8E896B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E896B

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E896B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E896B	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	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)

#8F8769

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91896C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e896b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.043 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab95',
    500: '#8e896b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e896b;
$custom-light: #afab95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e896b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 14.056,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62632,
    "c": 0.0433,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E896B

secondary

#A2A4B3

accent

#7BB771

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E896B

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

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