#8E955D#8E955D

#8E955D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.078 H 114.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E955D
RGB	rgb(142, 149, 93)
HSL	hsl(68, 23%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 38%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 37.6%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -11.75, 28.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 31.06, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.032 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.078 114.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8787, 28.0363, 14.5074)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E955D #645D95

analogous

#95805D #8E955D #72955D

triadic

#8E955D #5D8E95 #955D8E

tetradic

#8E955D #5D9580 #645D95 #955D72

square

#8E955D #5D9580 #645D95 #955D72

split-complementary

#8E955D #5D7295 #805D95

monochromatic

#464A2E #6A6F45 #8E955D #AAB080 #C3C7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E955D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8E955D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E955D

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E955D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E955D	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e955d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 149, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.078 114.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b48b',
    500: '#8e955d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e955d;
$custom-light: #b0b48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e955d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 23.14,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65036,
    "c": 0.07756,
    "h": 114.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E955D

secondary

#9C99B5

accent

#68C073

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E955D

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

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