#8A8873#8A8873

#8A8873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.031 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8873
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 115)
HSL	hsl(55, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -3.05, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 11.96, 104.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.25% -0.0067 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(62.25% 0.031 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.3797, 24.2496, 19.7180)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8873 #73758A

analogous

#8A7D73 #8A8873 #818A73

triadic

#8A8873 #738A88 #88738A

tetradic

#8A8873 #738A7D #73758A #8A7381

square

#8A8873 #738A7D #73758A #8A7381

split-complementary

#8A8873 #73818A #7D738A

monochromatic

#47463B #696757 #8A8873 #A6A494 #C2C1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8873

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8873	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)

#8C8672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.031 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa9b',
    500: '#8a8873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8873;
$custom-light: #acaa9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62251,
    "c": 0.03056,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8873

secondary

#A7A8B2

accent

#7BB276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8873

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

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