#8A8D72#8A8D72

#8A8D72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.039 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D72
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 114)
HSL	hsl(67, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 19.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.72, -5.99, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.72, 15.29, 113.06°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.015 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.039 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0431, 25.6681, 19.6568)
Luminance	0.2567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D72 #75728D

analogous

#8D8372 #8A8D72 #7C8D72

triadic

#8A8D72 #728A8D #8D728A

tetradic

#8A8D72 #728D83 #75728D #8D727C

square

#8A8D72 #728D83 #75728D #8D727C

split-complementary

#8A8D72 #727C8D #83728D

monochromatic

#48493B #696B57 #8A8D72 #A6A894 #C2C4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A8D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#8A8D72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D72

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D72	1.00	3.42	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918B73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.039 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acae9a',
    500: '#8a8d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d72;
$custom-light: #acae9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 10.588,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63338,
    "c": 0.03906,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D72

secondary

#A9A7B3

accent

#74B47B

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D72

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

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