#8A9879#8A9879

#8A9879 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.047 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9879
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 121)
HSL	hsl(87, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(87, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 20.4%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.99, -10.82, 14.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.99, 18.23, 126.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0288 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.047 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.1601, 29.2401, 22.4038)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9879 #877998

analogous

#989679 #8A9879 #7A9879

triadic

#8A9879 #798A98 #98798A

tetradic

#8A9879 #799896 #877998 #98797A

square

#8A9879 #799896 #877998 #98797A

split-complementary

#8A9879 #797A98 #967998

monochromatic

#4C5541 #6B785C #8A9879 #A8B39C #C6CDBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A9879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8A9879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9879

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9879	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99937A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.047 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb69f',
    500: '#8a9879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9879;
$custom-light: #acb69f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.097,
    "s": 13.08,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65984,
    "c": 0.04732,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9879

secondary

#B6B0BD

accent

#72B691

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9879

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

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