#8E8A6E#8E8A6E

#8E8A6E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.040 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A6E
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(53, 13%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 23%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 22.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -3.37, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 15.93, 102.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0075 0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.04 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0582, 25.0539, 18.3700)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A6E #6E728E

analogous

#8E7A6E #8E8A6E #828E6E

triadic

#8E8A6E #6E8E8A #8A6E8E

tetradic

#8E8A6E #6E8E7A #6E728E #8E6E82

square

#8E8A6E #6E8E7A #6E728E #8E6E82

split-complementary

#8E8A6E #6E828E #7A6E8E

monochromatic

#494739 #6C6853 #8E8A6E #A9A690 #C4C2B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8E8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8E8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A6E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A6E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F886C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.040 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac97',
    500: '#8e8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a6e;
$custom-light: #afac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 12.698,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.04041,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A6E

secondary

#A5A6B3

accent

#7BB672

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A6E

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

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