#8A8573#8A8573

#8A8573 is a mid, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.027 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8573
RGB	rgb(138, 133, 115)
HSL	hsl(47, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.50, -1.36, 10.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.50, 10.48, 97.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.002 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.027 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9631, 23.4164, 19.5791)
Luminance	0.2342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8573 #73788A

analogous

#8A7A73 #8A8573 #848A73

triadic

#8A8573 #738A85 #85738A

tetradic

#8A8573 #738A7A #73788A #8A7384

square

#8A8573 #738A7A #73788A #8A7384

split-complementary

#8A8573 #73848A #7A738A

monochromatic

#47453B #696557 #8A8573 #A6A294 #C2BFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#8A8573 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.68

#8A8573 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8573

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8573	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8573	1.00	3.70	5.68	5.68
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8573;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 133, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.027 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca89b',
    500: '#8a8573',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8573;
$custom-light: #aca89b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8573",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.957,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6159,
    "c": 0.02693,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8573

secondary

#A7A9B2

accent

#83B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#100F0E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8573

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

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