#8A8772#8A8772

#8A8772 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.031 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8772
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.03, -2.65, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.03, 12.01, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% -0.0056 0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.031 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.1823, 23.9464, 19.3699)
Luminance	0.2395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8772 #72758A

analogous

#8A7B72 #8A8772 #818A72

triadic

#8A8772 #728A87 #87728A

tetradic

#8A8772 #728A7B #72758A #8A7281

square

#8A8772 #728A7B #72758A #8A7281

split-complementary

#8A8772 #72818A #7B728A

monochromatic

#47453B #686656 #8A8772 #A6A493 #C2C0B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#8A8772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#8A8772 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8772

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8772	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8571

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8481

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.031 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aca99a',
    500: '#8a8772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8772;
$custom-light: #aca99a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62005,
    "c": 0.0307,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8772

secondary

#A6A8B1

accent

#7DB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8772

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

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