#8E8972#8E8972

#8E8972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.034 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8972
RGB	rgb(142, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -2.18, 13.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 13.21, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0042 0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.034 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1381, 24.8574, 19.4954)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8972 #72778E

analogous

#8E7B72 #8E8972 #858E72

triadic

#8E8972 #728E89 #89728E

tetradic

#8E8972 #728E7B #72778E #8E7285

square

#8E8972 #728E7B #72778E #8E7285

split-complementary

#8E8972 #72858E #7B728E

monochromatic

#4A483B #6C6857 #8E8972 #A9A594 #C4C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8E8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8E8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8972

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8972	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.034 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab9a',
    500: '#8e8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8972;
$custom-light: #afab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.628,
    "c": 0.03372,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8972

secondary

#A8AAB4

accent

#7FB474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8972

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

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