#8A997C#8A997C

#8A997C is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.045 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A997C
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(91, 12%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(91, 19%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.34, -10.85, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.34, 17.31, 128.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.28% -0.0289 0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(66.28% 0.045 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.5100, 29.6408, 23.4422)
Luminance	0.2964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A997C #8B7C99

analogous

#99997C #8A997C #7C997D

triadic

#8A997C #7C8A99 #997C8A

tetradic

#8A997C #7C9999 #8B7C99 #997D7C

square

#8A997C #7C9999 #8B7C99 #997D7C

split-complementary

#8A997C #7D7C99 #997C99

monochromatic

#4D5744 #6B795E #8A997C #A9B49E #C7CFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A997C

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A997C	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A947D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.045 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7a2',
    500: '#8a997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a997c;
$custom-light: #acb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.034,
    "s": 12.446,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66284,
    "c": 0.04512,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A997C

secondary

#B9B2BF

accent

#72B595

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A997C

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

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