#8A995B#8A995B

#8A995B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.087 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A995B
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 91)
HSL	hsl(75, 25%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 41%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 40.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, -15.76, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 34.59, 117.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.59% -0.0434 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(65.59% 0.087 120)
XYZ	xyz(23.7608, 28.9411, 14.2299)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A995B #6A5B99

analogous

#99895B #8A995B #6B995B

triadic

#8A995B #5B8A99 #995B8A

tetradic

#8A995B #5B9989 #6A5B99 #995B6B

square

#8A995B #5B9989 #6A5B99 #995B6B

split-complementary

#8A995B #5B6B99 #895B99

monochromatic

#454C2D #677344 #8A995B #A6B37F #C1C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A995B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#8A995B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A995B

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A995B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A995B	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E935E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a995b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.087 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb78a',
    500: '#8a995b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a995b;
$custom-light: #adb78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a995b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.516,
    "s": 25.41,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65594,
    "c": 0.08686,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.28941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A995B

secondary

#A098B7

accent

#66C27C

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A995B

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

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