#8A8A73#8A8A73

#8A8A73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.033 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A73
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 17%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 16.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -4.16, 12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 13.03, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0099 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.033 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.6640, 24.8182, 19.8128)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A73 #73738A

analogous

#8A7F73 #8A8A73 #7F8A73

triadic

#8A8A73 #738A8A #8A738A

tetradic

#8A8A73 #738A7F #73738A #8A737F

square

#8A8A73 #738A7F #73738A #8A737F

split-complementary

#8A8A73 #737F8A #7F738A

monochromatic

#47473B #696957 #8A8A73 #A6A694 #C2C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8A8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A73

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A73	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)

#8E8872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.033 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac9b',
    500: '#8a8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a73;
$custom-light: #acac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62694,
    "c": 0.03329,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A73

secondary

#A7A7B2

accent

#76B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A73

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

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