#8E8D72#8E8D72

#8E8D72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.039 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8D72
RGB	rgb(142, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(58, 20%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 19.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, -4.41, 14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 15.23, 106.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0105 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.039 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.7173, 26.0157, 19.6884)
Luminance	0.2601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8D72 #72738E

analogous

#8E7F72 #8E8D72 #818E72

triadic

#8E8D72 #728E8D #8D728E

tetradic

#8E8D72 #728E7F #72738E #8E7281

square

#8E8D72 #728E7F #72738E #8E7281

split-complementary

#8E8D72 #72818E #7F728E

monochromatic

#4A4A3B #6C6B57 #8E8D72 #A9A894 #C4C4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#8E8D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#8E8D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8D72

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8D72	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.039 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae9a',
    500: '#8e8d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8d72;
$custom-light: #afae9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 11.024,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63681,
    "c": 0.03875,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8D72

secondary

#A8A8B4

accent

#76B474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8D72

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

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