#8E8A6B#8E8A6B

#8E8A6B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.045 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A6B
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 107)
HSL	hsl(53, 14%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 25%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 24.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -3.82, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 17.60, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.0088 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.045 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.8976, 24.9897, 17.5243)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A6B #6B6F8E

analogous

#8E796B #8E8A6B #818E6B

triadic

#8E8A6B #6B8E8A #8A6B8E

tetradic

#8E8A6B #6B8E79 #6B6F8E #8E6B81

square

#8E8A6B #6B8E79 #6B6F8E #8E6B81

split-complementary

#8E8A6B #6B818E #796B8E

monochromatic

#484636 #6B6851 #8E8A6B #A9A68D #C3C1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8E8A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8E8A6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A6B

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A6B	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.045 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac95',
    500: '#8e8a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a6b;
$custom-light: #afac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 14.056,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62853,
    "c": 0.04451,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A6B

secondary

#A2A4B3

accent

#79B771

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A6B

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

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