#8E8A78#8E8A78

#8E8A78 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.027 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A78
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 15%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 15.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -1.76, 10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 10.33, 99.78°)
OKLab	oklab(63.17% -0.0031 0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(63.17% 0.027 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.6337, 25.2841, 21.4010)
Luminance	0.2528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A78 #787C8E

analogous

#8E7F78 #8E8A78 #878E78

triadic

#8E8A78 #788E8A #8A788E

tetradic

#8E8A78 #788E7F #787C8E #8E7887

square

#8E8A78 #788E7F #787C8E #8E7887

split-complementary

#8E8A78 #78878E #7F788E

monochromatic

#4C4A40 #6D6A5B #8E8A78 #AAA799 #C6C4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8E8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#8E8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A78

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A78	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.027 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afac9f',
    500: '#8e8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a78;
$custom-light: #afac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 8.871,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63173,
    "c": 0.02654,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A78

secondary

#ACAEB6

accent

#81B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A78

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

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