#8A8B73#8A8B73

#8A8B73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.035 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8B73
RGB	rgb(138, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(63, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(63, 17%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 17.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -4.72, 12.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 13.59, 110.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% -0.0115 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.035 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.8081, 25.1065, 19.8608)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8B73 #74738B

analogous

#8B8073 #8A8B73 #7E8B73

triadic

#8A8B73 #738A8B #8B738A

tetradic

#8A8B73 #738B80 #74738B #8B737E

square

#8A8B73 #738B80 #74738B #8B737E

split-complementary

#8A8B73 #737E8B #80738B

monochromatic

#47483C #696A57 #8A8B73 #A6A794 #C2C3B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8A8B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8A8B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8B73

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8B73	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8884

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.035 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acac9b',
    500: '#8a8b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8b73;
$custom-light: #acac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.5,
    "s": 9.449,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62917,
    "c": 0.03471,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8B73

secondary

#A8A7B2

accent

#75B278

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8B73

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

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