#8A997B#8A997B

#8A997B is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.046 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A997B
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(90, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(90, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, -11.02, 14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 17.83, 128.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% -0.0294 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.046 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.4471, 29.6156, 23.1108)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A997B #8A7B99

analogous

#99997B #8A997B #7B997B

triadic

#8A997B #7B8A99 #997B8A

tetradic

#8A997B #7B9999 #8A7B99 #997B7B

square

#8A997B #7B9999 #8A7B99 #997B7B

split-complementary

#8A997B #7B7B99 #997B99

monochromatic

#4D5743 #6B795E #8A997B #A9B49E #C7CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8A997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A997B

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A997B	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#9C9579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A947C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.046 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7a1',
    500: '#8a997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a997b;
$custom-light: #acb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66259,
    "c": 0.04641,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A997B

secondary

#B8B2BE

accent

#72B694

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A997B

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

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