#8A8872#8A8872

#8A8872 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.032 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8872
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 114)
HSL	hsl(55, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.31, -3.21, 12.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.31, 12.53, 104.86°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0072 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.032 103)
XYZ	xyz(22.3224, 24.2268, 19.4166)
Luminance	0.2423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8872 #72748A

analogous

#8A7C72 #8A8872 #808A72

triadic

#8A8872 #728A88 #88728A

tetradic

#8A8872 #728A7C #72748A #8A7280

square

#8A8872 #728A7C #72748A #8A7280

split-complementary

#8A8872 #72808A #7C728A

monochromatic

#47463B #686756 #8A8872 #A6A493 #C2C1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8872

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8872	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8671

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.032 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa9a',
    500: '#8a8872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8872;
$custom-light: #acaa9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62226,
    "c": 0.03198,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.24226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8872

secondary

#A6A7B1

accent

#7AB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8872

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

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