#8A8D73#8A8D73

#8A8D73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.038 H 112.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D73
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 115)
HSL	hsl(67, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(67, 18%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 18.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.74, -5.83, 13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.74, 14.73, 113.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0146 0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.038 112.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.1003, 25.6910, 19.9582)
Luminance	0.2569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D73 #76738D

analogous

#8D8373 #8A8D73 #7D8D73

triadic

#8A8D73 #738A8D #8D738A

tetradic

#8A8D73 #738D83 #76738D #8D737D

square

#8A8D73 #738D83 #76738D #8D737D

split-complementary

#8A8D73 #737D8D #83738D

monochromatic

#484A3C #696B57 #8A8D73 #A6A895 #C2C4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#8A8D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.14

#8A8D73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D73

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D73	1.00	3.42	6.14	6.14
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#918A71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918B74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8A86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.038 112.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acae9b',
    500: '#8a8d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d73;
$custom-light: #acae9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.923,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.03766,
    "h": 112.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.25691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D73

secondary

#A9A8B4

accent

#75B37C

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D73

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

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