#8E8A72#8E8A72

#8E8A72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.035 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A72
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.21, -2.74, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.21, 13.69, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.02% -0.0057 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(63.02% 0.035 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.2809, 25.1430, 19.5430)
Luminance	0.2514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A72 #72768E

analogous

#8E7C72 #8E8A72 #848E72

triadic

#8E8A72 #728E8A #8A728E

tetradic

#8E8A72 #728E7C #72768E #8E7284

square

#8E8A72 #728E7C #72768E #8E7284

split-complementary

#8E8A72 #72848E #7C728E

monochromatic

#4A483B #6C6957 #8E8A72 #A9A694 #C4C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8E8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A72

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A72	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.035 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac9a',
    500: '#8e8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a72;
$custom-light: #afac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6302,
    "c": 0.03491,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A72

secondary

#A8A9B4

accent

#7DB474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A72

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

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