#8E8A7A#8E8A7A

#8E8A7A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.024 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8A7A
RGB	rgb(142, 138, 122)
HSL	hsl(48, 8%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 14%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 14.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -1.42, 9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 9.22, 98.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.23% -0.0022 0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(63.23% 0.024 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7564, 25.3332, 22.0469)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8A7A #7A7E8E

analogous

#8E807A #8E8A7A #888E7A

triadic

#8E8A7A #7A8E8A #8A7A8E

tetradic

#8E8A7A #7A8E80 #7A7E8E #8E7A88

square

#8E8A7A #7A8E80 #7A7E8E #8E7A88

split-complementary

#8E8A7A #7A888E #807A8E

monochromatic

#4D4A41 #6E6A5D #8E8A7A #AAA79B #C6C4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8E8A7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8E8A7A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8A7A

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8A7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8A7A	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8979

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8a7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 138, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.024 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afaca0',
    500: '#8e8a7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8a7a;
$custom-light: #afaca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8a7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 8.13,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63226,
    "c": 0.02375,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8A7A

secondary

#AEAFB6

accent

#82B177

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8A7A

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

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