#8E8A4E#8E8A4E

#8E8A4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.081 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A4E
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.56, -7.56, 32.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.56, 33.42, 103.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.29% -0.0213 0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(62.29% 0.081 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.6194, 24.4784, 10.7922)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A4E #4E528E

analogous

#8E6A4E #8E8A4E #728E4E

triadic

#8E8A4E #4E8E8A #8A4E8E

tetradic

#8E8A4E #4E8E6A #4E528E #8E4E72

square

#8E8A4E #4E8E6A #4E528E #8E4E72

split-complementary

#8E8A4E #4E728E #6A4E8E

monochromatic

#3F3D23 #666438 #8E8A4E #AEAA6B #C4C193

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8E8A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8E8A4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A4E

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A4E	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.081 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ac81',
    500: '#8e8a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a4e;
$custom-light: #b0ac81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62292,
    "c": 0.08127,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A4E

secondary

#888AB0

accent

#69C562

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A4E

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

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