#8A996A#8A996A

#8A996A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.068 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A996A
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 106)
HSL	hsl(79, 19%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(79, 31%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 30.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -13.72, 22.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 26.77, 120.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.88% -0.0369 0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(65.88% 0.068 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.4738, 29.2263, 17.9848)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A996A #796A99

analogous

#99906A #8A996A #72996A

triadic

#8A996A #6A8A99 #996A8A

tetradic

#8A996A #6A9990 #796A99 #996A72

square

#8A996A #6A9990 #796A99 #996A72

split-complementary

#8A996A #6A7299 #906A99

monochromatic

#495138 #6A7550 #8A996A #A7B28E #C3CBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A996A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8A996A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A996A

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A996A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A996A	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)

#9F9367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C936C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8E948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a996a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.068 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb795',
    500: '#8a996a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a996a;
$custom-light: #acb795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a996a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 18.725,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65876,
    "c": 0.0684,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A996A

secondary

#ACA5BA

accent

#6CBB86

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F1

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110D

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A996A

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

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