#8E8D4E#8E8D4E

#8E8D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.085 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D4E
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 29%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 45%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 45.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.42, -9.19, 33.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.42, 34.84, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.97% -0.0259 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(62.97% 0.085 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.0558, 25.3511, 10.9377)
Luminance	0.2535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D4E #4E4F8E

analogous

#8E6D4E #8E8D4E #6F8E4E

triadic

#8E8D4E #4E8E8D #8D4E8E

tetradic

#8E8D4E #4E8E6D #4E4F8E #8E4E6F

square

#8E8D4E #4E8E6D #4E4F8E #8E4E6F

split-complementary

#8E8D4E #4E6F8E #6D4E8E

monochromatic

#3F3F23 #666638 #8E8D4E #AEAD6B #C4C393

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#8E8D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#8E8D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D4E

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D4E	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)

#968849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978B51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#96867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.085 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ae81',
    500: '#8e8d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d4e;
$custom-light: #b0ae81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 29.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62969,
    "c": 0.08486,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D4E

secondary

#8888B0

accent

#64C562

background

#FBFAF7

surface

#F6F4EE

border

#D0CEC9

text

#11100A

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D4E

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

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