#8A8D79#8A8D79

#8A8D79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.029 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D79
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 121)
HSL	hsl(69, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.88, -4.82, 10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.88, 11.38, 115.04°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.012 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.029 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4569, 25.8336, 21.8361)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D79 #7C798D

analogous

#8D8679 #8A8D79 #808D79

triadic

#8A8D79 #798A8D #8D798A

tetradic

#8A8D79 #798D86 #7C798D #8D7980

square

#8A8D79 #798D86 #7C798D #8D7980

split-complementary

#8A8D79 #79808D #86798D

monochromatic

#4A4B40 #6A6C5C #8A8D79 #A7A99A #C4C5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#8A8D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#8A8D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D79

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D79	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908B78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D8B87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.029 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acae9f',
    500: '#8a8d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d79;
$custom-light: #acae9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63515,
    "c": 0.02922,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D79

secondary

#AEACB5

accent

#77B17F

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D79

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

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