#8A8A74#8A8A74

#8A8A74 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.032 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A74
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 116)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(60, 16%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 15.9%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.92, -4.00, 11.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.92, 12.47, 108.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.72% -0.0095 0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(62.72% 0.032 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7218, 24.8414, 20.1175)
Luminance	0.2484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A74 #74748A

analogous

#8A7F74 #8A8A74 #7F8A74

triadic

#8A8A74 #748A8A #8A748A

tetradic

#8A8A74 #748A7F #74748A #8A747F

square

#8A8A74 #748A7F #74748A #8A747F

split-complementary

#8A8A74 #747F8A #7F748A

monochromatic

#47473C #696958 #8A8A74 #A6A695 #C2C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8A8A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8A8A74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A74

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A74	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.032 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac9c',
    500: '#8a8a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a74;
$custom-light: #acac9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.661,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6272,
    "c": 0.03187,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A74

secondary

#A8A8B2

accent

#76B276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A74

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

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