#8A856E#8A856E

#8A856E is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.034 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A856E
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 110)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.38, -2.18, 13.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.38, 13.28, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.46% -0.0042 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(61.46% 0.034 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.6831, 23.3045, 18.1048)
Luminance	0.2330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A856E #6E738A

analogous

#8A776E #8A856E #818A6E

triadic

#8A856E #6E8A85 #856E8A

tetradic

#8A856E #6E8A77 #6E738A #8A6E81

square

#8A856E #6E8A77 #6E738A #8A6E81

split-complementary

#8A856E #6E818A #776E8A

monochromatic

#464338 #686453 #8A856E #A6A28F #C1BEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A856E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8A856E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A856E

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A856E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A856E	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B856F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a856e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.034 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca897',
    500: '#8a856e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a856e;
$custom-light: #aca897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a856e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61463,
    "c": 0.03387,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A856E

secondary

#A3A6B1

accent

#7FB474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A856E

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

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