#8E8A46#8E8A46

#8E8A46 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.090 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A46
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 70)
HSL	hsl(57, 34%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 50.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.46, -8.37, 36.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.46, 37.56, 102.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.17% -0.0244 0.0868)
OKLCH	oklch(62.17% 0.09 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.3498, 24.3705, 9.3725)
Luminance	0.2437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A46 #464A8E

analogous

#8E6646 #8E8A46 #6E8E46

triadic

#8E8A46 #468E8A #8A468E

tetradic

#8E8A46 #468E66 #464A8E #8E466E

square

#8E8A46 #468E66 #464A8E #8E466E

split-complementary

#8E8A46 #466E8E #66468E

monochromatic

#3C3A1E #656232 #8E8A46 #B1AC60 #C5C289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#8E8A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#8E8A46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A46

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A46	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.090 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ac7b',
    500: '#8e8a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a46;
$custom-light: #b1ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 33.962,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62172,
    "c": 0.09017,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A46

secondary

#7F82B0

accent

#64CA5E

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#111009

muted

#807F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A46

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

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