#8A8973#8A8973

#8A8973 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.032 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8973
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(57, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -3.60, 11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 12.49, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% -0.0083 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.032 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5212, 24.5326, 19.7652)
Luminance	0.2453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8973 #73748A

analogous

#8A7E73 #8A8973 #808A73

triadic

#8A8973 #738A89 #89738A

tetradic

#8A8973 #738A7E #73748A #8A7380

square

#8A8973 #738A7E #73748A #8A7380

split-complementary

#8A8973 #73808A #7E738A

monochromatic

#47473B #696857 #8A8973 #A6A594 #C2C1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8A8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8973

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8973	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.032 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9b',
    500: '#8a8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8973;
$custom-light: #acab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62473,
    "c": 0.03191,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8973

secondary

#A7A8B2

accent

#78B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8973

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

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