#8A8A6E#8A8A6E

#8A8A6E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.040 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A6E
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 110)
HSL	hsl(60, 11%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 20%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 20.3%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.79, -4.97, 15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.79, 15.85, 108.28°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0121 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.04 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.3840, 24.7063, 18.3384)
Luminance	0.2471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A6E #6E6E8A

analogous

#8A7C6E #8A8A6E #7C8A6E

triadic

#8A8A6E #6E8A8A #8A6E8A

tetradic

#8A8A6E #6E8A7C #6E6E8A #8A6E7C

square

#8A8A6E #6E8A7C #6E6E8A #8A6E7C

split-complementary

#8A8A6E #6E7C8A #7C6E8A

monochromatic

#464638 #686853 #8A8A6E #A6A68F #C1C1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8A8A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#8A8A6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A6E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A6E	1.00	3.53	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F886C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F896F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.040 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac97',
    500: '#8a8a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a6e;
$custom-light: #acac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 11.29,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62571,
    "c": 0.0403,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A6E

secondary

#A3A3B1

accent

#74B474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A6E

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

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