#8A996B#8A996B

#8A996B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.067 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A996B
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(80, 18%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(80, 30%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 30.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -13.57, 22.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 26.25, 121.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% -0.0365 0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.067 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.5261, 29.2472, 18.2603)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A996B #7A6B99

analogous

#99916B #8A996B #73996B

triadic

#8A996B #6B8A99 #996B8A

tetradic

#8A996B #6B9991 #7A6B99 #996B73

square

#8A996B #6B9991 #7A6B99 #996B73

split-complementary

#8A996B #6B7399 #916B99

monochromatic

#495138 #6A7651 #8A996B #A7B28F #C3CBB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#8A996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#8A996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A996B

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A996B	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)

#9E9468

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C936D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.067 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb795',
    500: '#8a996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a996b;
$custom-light: #acb795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.565,
    "s": 18.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65897,
    "c": 0.06713,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A996B

secondary

#ACA6BA

accent

#6DBB86

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F1

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110D

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A996B

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

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