#8A8974#8A8974

#8A8974 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.030 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8974
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(57, 16%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 15.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -3.44, 11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 11.93, 106.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.5% -0.0079 0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(62.5% 0.03 105)
XYZ	xyz(22.5790, 24.5558, 20.0699)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8974 #74758A

analogous

#8A7E74 #8A8974 #808A74

triadic

#8A8974 #748A89 #89748A

tetradic

#8A8974 #748A7E #74758A #8A7480

square

#8A8974 #748A7E #74758A #8A7480

split-complementary

#8A8974 #74808A #7E748A

monochromatic

#47473C #696858 #8A8974 #A6A595 #C2C1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#8A8974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8974

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8974	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	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)

#8D8773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.030 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acab9c',
    500: '#8a8974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8974;
$custom-light: #acab9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62498,
    "c": 0.03049,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.24556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8974

secondary

#A8A8B2

accent

#79B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8974

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

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