#8A9977#8A9977

#8A9977 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.052 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9977
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(86, 14%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(86, 22%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 22.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.24, -11.69, 16.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.24, 19.92, 125.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0312 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.052 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2018, 29.5175, 21.8189)
Luminance	0.2952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9977 #867799

analogous

#999777 #8A9977 #799977

triadic

#8A9977 #778A99 #99778A

tetradic

#8A9977 #779997 #867799 #997779

square

#8A9977 #779997 #867799 #997779

split-complementary

#8A9977 #777999 #977799

monochromatic

#4C5540 #6B785A #8A9977 #A8B39A #C6CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#8A9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9977

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9977	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.052 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb79e',
    500: '#8a9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9977;
$custom-light: #acb79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.471,
    "s": 14.286,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66163,
    "c": 0.05162,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9977

secondary

#B5AFBD

accent

#71B790

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9977

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

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