#8E8F56#8E8F56

#8E8F56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.078 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E8F56
RGB	rgb(142, 143, 86)
HSL	hsl(61, 25%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 40%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 39.9%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -9.38, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 31.62, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0258 0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.078 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6578, 26.0680, 12.6403)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E8F56 #57568F

analogous

#8F7456 #8E8F56 #718F56

triadic

#8E8F56 #568E8F #8F568E

tetradic

#8E8F56 #568F74 #57568F #8F5671

square

#8E8F56 #568F74 #57568F #8F5671

split-complementary

#8E8F56 #56718F #74568F

monochromatic

#424328 #68693F #8E8F56 #ABAC76 #C3C39C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#8E8F56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#8E8F56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E8F56

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E8F56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E8F56	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978B52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988D59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e8f56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 143, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.078 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0af86',
    500: '#8e8f56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e8f56;
$custom-light: #b0af86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e8f56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.053,
    "s": 24.891,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63552,
    "c": 0.07799,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E8F56

secondary

#9090B1

accent

#66C168

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F5F4EF

border

#CFCECA

text

#11100B

muted

#807F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E8F56

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

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