#8A995E#8A995E

#8A995E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.083 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A995E
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 94)
HSL	hsl(75, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(75, 39%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 38.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -15.37, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 33.05, 117.73°)
OKLab	oklab(65.65% -0.0421 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(65.65% 0.083 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8928, 28.9939, 14.9252)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A995E #6D5E99

analogous

#998A5E #8A995E #6C995E

triadic

#8A995E #5E8A99 #995E8A

tetradic

#8A995E #5E998A #6D5E99 #995E6C

square

#8A995E #5E998A #6D5E99 #995E6C

split-complementary

#8A995E #5E6C99 #8A5E99

monochromatic

#464D2F #687347 #8A995E #A6B282 #C1C9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A995E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A995E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A995E

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A995E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A995E	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a995e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.083 120.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb78c',
    500: '#8a995e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a995e;
$custom-light: #adb78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a995e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.254,
    "s": 23.887,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65646,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A995E

secondary

#A29BB8

accent

#67C07E

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A995E

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

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