#8A896E#8A896E

#8A896E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.039 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A896E
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 110)
HSL	hsl(58, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.51, -4.42, 14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.51, 15.31, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0105 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.039 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.2412, 24.4207, 18.2908)
Luminance	0.2442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A896E #6E6F8A

analogous

#8A7B6E #8A896E #7D8A6E

triadic

#8A896E #6E8A89 #896E8A

tetradic

#8A896E #6E8A7B #6E6F8A #8A6E7D

square

#8A896E #6E8A7B #6E6F8A #8A6E7D

split-complementary

#8A896E #6E7D8A #7B6E8A

monochromatic

#464538 #686753 #8A896E #A6A58F #C1C1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#8A896E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#8A896E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A896E

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A896E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A896E	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E876C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F886F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a896e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.039 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab97',
    500: '#8a896e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a896e;
$custom-light: #acab97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a896e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62349,
    "c": 0.03893,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A896E

secondary

#A3A4B1

accent

#76B474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A896E

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

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