#8A8D5D#8A8D5D

#8A8D5D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.067 H 111.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D5D
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 93)
HSL	hsl(64, 21%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 34%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 34%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -9.09, 25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 26.87, 109.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.0243 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.067 111.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9820, 25.2436, 14.0683)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D5D #605D8D

analogous

#8D785D #8A8D5D #728D5D

triadic

#8A8D5D #5D8A8D #8D5D8A

tetradic

#8A8D5D #5D8D78 #605D8D #8D5D72

square

#8A8D5D #5D8D78 #605D8D #8D5D72

split-complementary

#8A8D5D #5D728D #785D8D

monochromatic

#42432C #666845 #8A8D5D #A7AA7E #C0C2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8A8D5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8A8D5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D5D

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D5D	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94895A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948A5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908781

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.067 111.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adae8b',
    500: '#8a8d5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d5d;
$custom-light: #adae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 20.513,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6288,
    "c": 0.06719,
    "h": 111.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D5D

secondary

#9796B0

accent

#6BBD70

background

#FAFAF8

surface

#F4F4F0

border

#CECECB

text

#10100C

muted

#7F7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D5D

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

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