#8A8A72#8A8A72

#8A8A72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.035 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A72
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(60, 10%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 17.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -4.33, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 13.60, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0103 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.035 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.6067, 24.7954, 19.5114)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A72 #72728A

analogous

#8A7E72 #8A8A72 #7E8A72

triadic

#8A8A72 #728A8A #8A728A

tetradic

#8A8A72 #728A7E #72728A #8A727E

square

#8A8A72 #728A7E #72728A #8A727E

split-complementary

#8A8A72 #727E8A #7E728A

monochromatic

#47473B #686856 #8A8A72 #A6A693 #C2C2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A72

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A72	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.035 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac9a',
    500: '#8a8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a72;
$custom-light: #acac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62669,
    "c": 0.0347,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A72

secondary

#A6A6B1

accent

#75B375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A72

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

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