#8A8972#8A8972

#8A8972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.033 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8972
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(58, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(58, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -3.77, 12.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 13.05, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0088 0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.033 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4639, 24.5097, 19.4638)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8972 #72738A

analogous

#8A7D72 #8A8972 #7F8A72

triadic

#8A8972 #728A89 #89728A

tetradic

#8A8972 #728A7D #72738A #8A727F

square

#8A8972 #728A7D #72738A #8A727F

split-complementary

#8A8972 #727F8A #7D728A

monochromatic

#47463B #686856 #8A8972 #A6A593 #C2C1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8A8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8972

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8972	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.033 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9a',
    500: '#8a8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8972;
$custom-light: #acab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62447,
    "c": 0.03332,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8972

secondary

#A6A7B1

accent

#78B375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8972

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

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