#8A8C74#8A8C74

#8A8C74 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.035 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8C74
RGB	rgb(138, 140, 116)
HSL	hsl(65, 9%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(65, 17%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.4%, 0%, 17.1%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.48, -5.11, 12.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.48, 13.60, 112.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% -0.0126 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.035 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0114, 25.4206, 20.2140)
Luminance	0.2542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8C74 #76748C

analogous

#8C8274 #8A8C74 #7E8C74

triadic

#8A8C74 #748A8C #8C748A

tetradic

#8A8C74 #748C82 #76748C #8C747E

square

#8A8C74 #748C82 #76748C #8C747E

split-complementary

#8A8C74 #747E8C #82748C

monochromatic

#48493C #696B58 #8A8C74 #A6A895 #C2C3B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#8A8C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#8A8C74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8C74

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8C74	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 140, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.035 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acad9c',
    500: '#8a8c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8c74;
$custom-light: #acad9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 9.449,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.03477,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8C74

secondary

#A9A9B3

accent

#75B27A

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8C74

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

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