#8A996F#8A996F

#8A996F is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.062 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A996F
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(81, 17%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(81, 27%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 27.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -12.97, 20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 24.14, 122.50°)
OKLab	oklab(65.98% -0.0347 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(65.98% 0.062 124)
XYZ	xyz(24.7414, 29.3334, 19.3943)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A996F #7E6F99

analogous

#99936F #8A996F #75996F

triadic

#8A996F #6F8A99 #996F8A

tetradic

#8A996F #6F9993 #7E6F99 #996F75

square

#8A996F #6F9993 #7E6F99 #996F75

split-complementary

#8A996F #6F7599 #936F99

monochromatic

#4A533B #6A7754 #8A996F #A7B293 #C4CCB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8A996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A996F

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A996F	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E946C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.062 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb798',
    500: '#8a996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a996f;
$custom-light: #acb798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.429,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65982,
    "c": 0.06199,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.29333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A996F

secondary

#AFA9BB

accent

#6EBA89

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110D

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A996F

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

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