#8A8B6E#8A8B6E

#8A8B6E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.042 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B6E
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(62, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(62, 21%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -5.52, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 16.40, 109.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.0137 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.042 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.5282, 24.9945, 18.3865)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B6E #6F6E8B

analogous

#8B7E6E #8A8B6E #7C8B6E

triadic

#8A8B6E #6E8A8B #8B6E8A

tetradic

#8A8B6E #6E8B7E #6F6E8B #8B6E7C

square

#8A8B6E #6E8B7E #6F6E8B #8B6E7C

split-complementary

#8A8B6E #6E7C8B #7E6E8B

monochromatic

#464738 #686953 #8A8B6E #A6A78F #C1C2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#8A8B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#8A8B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B6E

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B6E	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90886C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.042 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac97',
    500: '#8a8b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b6e;
$custom-light: #acac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 11.647,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62795,
    "c": 0.0417,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B6E

secondary

#A4A4B1

accent

#73B576

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B6E

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

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