#8A8472#8A8472

#8A8472 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.027 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8472
RGB	rgb(138, 132, 114)
HSL	hsl(45, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, -0.96, 10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 10.58, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0008 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.027 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7696, 23.1210, 19.2323)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8472 #72788A

analogous

#8A7872 #8A8472 #848A72

triadic

#8A8472 #728A84 #84728A

tetradic

#8A8472 #728A78 #72788A #8A7284

square

#8A8472 #728A78 #72788A #8A7284

split-complementary

#8A8472 #72848A #78728A

monochromatic

#47443B #686456 #8A8472 #A6A193 #C2BEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8A8472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#8A8472 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8472

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8472	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 132, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.027 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca79a',
    500: '#8a8472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8472;
$custom-light: #aca79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61345,
    "c": 0.02724,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8472

secondary

#A6A9B1

accent

#85B375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8472

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

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