#8E8A68#8E8A68

#8E8A68 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.049 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A68
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 104)
HSL	hsl(54, 15%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(54, 27%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 26.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -4.26, 18.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 19.27, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0101 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.049 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7426, 24.9276, 16.7075)
Luminance	0.2493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A68 #686C8E

analogous

#8E7768 #8E8A68 #7F8E68

triadic

#8E8A68 #688E8A #8A688E

tetradic

#8E8A68 #688E77 #686C8E #8E687F

square

#8E8A68 #688E77 #686C8E #8E687F

split-complementary

#8E8A68 #687F8E #77688E

monochromatic

#474534 #6B684E #8E8A68 #A9A68A #C3C1AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8E8A68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#8E8A68 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A68

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A68	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908866

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.049 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac93',
    500: '#8e8a68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a68;
$custom-light: #afac93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 15.447,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62785,
    "c": 0.04856,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A68

secondary

#A0A2B2

accent

#77B870

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A68

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

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