#8A9972#8A9972

#8A9972 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.058 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9972
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(83, 16%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(83, 25%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 25.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.13, -12.50, 18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.13, 22.55, 123.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.05% -0.0334 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(66.05% 0.058 125)
XYZ	xyz(24.9093, 29.4006, 20.2789)
Luminance	0.2940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9972 #817299

analogous

#999472 #8A9972 #779972

triadic

#8A9972 #728A99 #99728A

tetradic

#8A9972 #729994 #817299 #997277

square

#8A9972 #729994 #817299 #997277

split-complementary

#8A9972 #727799 #947299

monochromatic

#4B543D #6B7756 #8A9972 #A7B396 #C5CCB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#8A9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#8A9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9972

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9972	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8D958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.058 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb79a',
    500: '#8a9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9972;
$custom-light: #acb79a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 16.049,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66048,
    "c": 0.05812,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.29401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9972

secondary

#B1ABBC

accent

#6FB98B

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9972

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

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