#8A997A#8A997A

#8A997A is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.048 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A997A
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(89, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(89, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 20.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -11.19, 14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 18.35, 127.59°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% -0.0298 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.048 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3848, 29.5907, 22.7828)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A997A #897A99

analogous

#99997A #8A997A #7B997A

triadic

#8A997A #7A8A99 #997A8A

tetradic

#8A997A #7A9999 #897A99 #997A7B

square

#8A997A #7A9999 #897A99 #997A7B

split-complementary

#8A997A #7A7B99 #997A99

monochromatic

#4D5642 #6B795D #8A997A #A8B49D #C7CEBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8A997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A997A

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A997A	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A947B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.048 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7a0',
    500: '#8a997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a997a;
$custom-light: #acb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.032,
    "s": 13.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66235,
    "c": 0.04772,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A997A

secondary

#B7B1BE

accent

#72B693

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A997A

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

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