#8A8970#8A8970

#8A8970 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.036 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8970
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 112)
HSL	hsl(58, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 19%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 18.8%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.55, -4.10, 13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.55, 14.18, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0097 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.036 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3513, 24.4647, 18.8708)
Luminance	0.2446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8970 #70718A

analogous

#8A7C70 #8A8970 #7E8A70

triadic

#8A8970 #708A89 #89708A

tetradic

#8A8970 #708A7C #70718A #8A707E

square

#8A8970 #708A7C #70718A #8A707E

split-complementary

#8A8970 #707E8A #7C708A

monochromatic

#464639 #686755 #8A8970 #A6A591 #C1C1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.89

#8A8970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8970

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8970	1.00	3.56	5.89	5.89
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E876E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.036 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab99',
    500: '#8a8970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8970;
$custom-light: #acab99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 10.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62398,
    "c": 0.03613,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8970

secondary

#A5A5B1

accent

#77B374

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8970

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

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