#8A8874#8A8874

#8A8874 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.029 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8874
RGB	rgb(138, 136, 116)
HSL	hsl(55, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 16%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 15.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.36, -2.88, 11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.36, 11.40, 104.64°)
OKLab	oklab(62.28% -0.0063 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(62.28% 0.029 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.4375, 24.2728, 20.0227)
Luminance	0.2427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8874 #74768A

analogous

#8A7D74 #8A8874 #818A74

triadic

#8A8874 #748A88 #88748A

tetradic

#8A8874 #748A7D #74768A #8A7481

square

#8A8874 #748A7D #74768A #8A7481

split-complementary

#8A8874 #74818A #7D748A

monochromatic

#47463C #696758 #8A8874 #A6A595 #C2C1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#8A8874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#8A8874 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8874

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8874	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)

#8C8673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 136, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.029 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acaa9c',
    500: '#8a8874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8874;
$custom-light: #acaa9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62277,
    "c": 0.02915,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8874

secondary

#A8A9B2

accent

#7CB276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8874

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

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