#8E8A74#8E8A74

#8E8A74 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.032 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A74
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 10%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 18.3%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.26, -2.42, 12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.26, 12.57, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% -0.0049 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.032 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.3960, 25.1890, 20.1491)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A74 #74788E

analogous

#8E7D74 #8E8A74 #858E74

triadic

#8E8A74 #748E8A #8A748E

tetradic

#8E8A74 #748E7D #74788E #8E7485

square

#8E8A74 #748E7D #74788E #8E7485

split-complementary

#8E8A74 #74858E #7D748E

monochromatic

#4B493D #6D6958 #8E8A74 #A9A696 #C5C3B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8E8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8E8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A74

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A74	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.032 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac9c',
    500: '#8e8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a74;
$custom-light: #afac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 10.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6307,
    "c": 0.03212,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A74

secondary

#A9ABB5

accent

#7EB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A74

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

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