#8E896E#8E896E

#8E896E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.039 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E896E
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 110)
HSL	hsl(51, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 23%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -2.81, 15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 15.44, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.7% -0.0059 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(62.7% 0.039 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.9154, 24.7683, 18.3224)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E896E #6E738E

analogous

#8E796E #8E896E #838E6E

triadic

#8E896E #6E8E89 #896E8E

tetradic

#8E896E #6E8E79 #6E738E #8E6E83

square

#8E896E #6E8E79 #6E738E #8E6E83

split-complementary

#8E896E #6E838E #796E8E

monochromatic

#494639 #6C6853 #8E896E #A9A590 #C4C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8E896E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8E896E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E896E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E896E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E896E	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E876C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90896F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e896e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.039 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab97',
    500: '#8e896e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e896e;
$custom-light: #afab97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e896e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62703,
    "c": 0.03922,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E896E

secondary

#A5A7B3

accent

#7DB672

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E896E

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

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