#8E985B#8E985B

#8E985B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.084 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E985B
RGB	rgb(142, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(70, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 40%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 40.1%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.75, -13.59, 30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.75, 33.74, 113.76°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0374 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.084 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2720, 28.9628, 14.2072)
Luminance	0.2896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E985B #655B98

analogous

#98835B #8E985B #6F985B

triadic

#8E985B #5B8E98 #985B8E

tetradic

#8E985B #5B9883 #655B98 #985B6F

square

#8E985B #5B9883 #655B98 #985B6F

split-complementary

#8E985B #5B6F98 #835B98

monochromatic

#464B2D #6A7244 #8E985B #A9B27E #C3C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8E985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8E985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E985B

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E985B	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F935E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#949289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.084 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b68a',
    500: '#8e985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e985b;
$custom-light: #b0b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.836,
    "s": 25.103,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65686,
    "c": 0.0842,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E985B

secondary

#9D98B7

accent

#66C275

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F5F6F0

border

#CFD0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E985B

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

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