#8A856F#8A856F

#8A856F is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.032 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A856F
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 19.6%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.41, -2.02, 12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.41, 12.72, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% -0.0037 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.032 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.7379, 23.3264, 18.3931)
Luminance	0.2333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A856F #6F748A

analogous

#8A786F #8A856F #828A6F

triadic

#8A856F #6F8A85 #856F8A

tetradic

#8A856F #6F8A78 #6F748A #8A6F82

square

#8A856F #6F8A78 #6F748A #8A6F82

split-complementary

#8A856F #6F828A #786F8A

monochromatic

#464438 #686454 #8A856F #A6A290 #C1BEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8A856F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#8A856F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A856F

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A856F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A856F	1.00	3.71	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A846E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a856f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.032 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca898',
    500: '#8a856f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a856f;
$custom-light: #aca898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a856f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 10.843,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61488,
    "c": 0.03249,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A856F

secondary

#A4A6B1

accent

#80B474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A856F

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

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