#8A8871#8A8871

#8A8871 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.033 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8871
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 113)
HSL	hsl(55, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 18%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 18.1%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.29, -3.38, 12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.29, 13.09, 104.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.2% -0.0076 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.2% 0.033 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2658, 24.2041, 19.1185)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8871 #71738A

analogous

#8A7C71 #8A8871 #808A71

triadic

#8A8871 #718A88 #88718A

tetradic

#8A8871 #718A7C #71738A #8A7180

square

#8A8871 #718A7C #71738A #8A7180

split-complementary

#8A8871 #71808A #7C718A

monochromatic

#47463A #686755 #8A8871 #A6A492 #C2C0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#8A8871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#8A8871 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8871

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8871	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)

#8C8670

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.033 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa99',
    500: '#8a8871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8871;
$custom-light: #acaa99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 9.96,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62201,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8871

secondary

#A6A7B1

accent

#7AB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8871

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

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