#8A8870#8A8870

#8A8870 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.035 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8870
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 112)
HSL	hsl(55, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 19%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 18.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -3.54, 13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 13.65, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0081 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.035 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.2099, 24.1817, 18.8236)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8870 #70728A

analogous

#8A7B70 #8A8870 #7F8A70

triadic

#8A8870 #708A88 #88708A

tetradic

#8A8870 #708A7B #70728A #8A707F

square

#8A8870 #708A7B #70728A #8A707F

split-complementary

#8A8870 #707F8A #7B708A

monochromatic

#464539 #686755 #8A8870 #A6A491 #C1C0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8A8870 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8870

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8870	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D866F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.035 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa99',
    500: '#8a8870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8870;
$custom-light: #acaa99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 10.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62176,
    "c": 0.03479,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8870

secondary

#A5A6B1

accent

#79B374

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8870

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

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