#8A996E#8A996E

#8A996E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.063 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A996E
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(81, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(81, 28%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 28.1%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -13.12, 20.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 24.66, 122.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0351 0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.063 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.6866, 29.3115, 19.1060)
Luminance	0.2931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A996E #7D6E99

analogous

#99936E #8A996E #75996E

triadic

#8A996E #6E8A99 #996E8A

tetradic

#8A996E #6E9993 #7D6E99 #996E75

square

#8A996E #6E9993 #7D6E99 #996E75

split-complementary

#8A996E #6E7599 #936E99

monochromatic

#4A533A #6A7653 #8A996E #A7B292 #C4CCB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#8A996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A996E

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A996E	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E946B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.063 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb798',
    500: '#8a996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a996e;
$custom-light: #acb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.93,
    "s": 17.409,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6596,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A996E

secondary

#AFA8BB

accent

#6EBA88

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110D

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A996E

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

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