#8E8A70#8E8A70

#8E8A70 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.038 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A70
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 112)
HSL	hsl(52, 12%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 21.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.17, -3.06, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.17, 14.81, 101.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0066 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.038 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.1683, 25.0979, 18.9500)
Luminance	0.2510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A70 #70748E

analogous

#8E7B70 #8E8A70 #838E70

triadic

#8E8A70 #708E8A #8A708E

tetradic

#8E8A70 #708E7B #70748E #8E7083

square

#8E8A70 #708E7B #70748E #8E7083

split-complementary

#8E8A70 #70838E #7B708E

monochromatic

#4A473A #6C6955 #8E8A70 #A9A692 #C4C2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8E8A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8E8A70 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A70

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A70	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F886E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.038 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac99',
    500: '#8e8a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a70;
$custom-light: #afac99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 11.811,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62971,
    "c": 0.03767,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A70

secondary

#A6A8B4

accent

#7CB573

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A70

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

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