#8A997D#8A997D

#8A997D is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.044 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A997D
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(92, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(92, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -10.68, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 16.79, 129.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0285 0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.044 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.5735, 29.6662, 23.7769)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A997D #8C7D99

analogous

#98997D #8A997D #7D997E

triadic

#8A997D #7D8A99 #997D8A

tetradic

#8A997D #7D9899 #8C7D99 #997E7D

square

#8A997D #7D9899 #8C7D99 #997E7D

split-complementary

#8A997D #7E7D99 #997D98

monochromatic

#4D5744 #6B795F #8A997D #A9B49F #C8CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A997D

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A997D	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)

#9C957B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99947E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.044 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7a2',
    500: '#8a997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a997d;
$custom-light: #acb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.143,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66309,
    "c": 0.04383,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A997D

secondary

#B9B3BF

accent

#73B596

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F3

border

#CED0CD

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A997D

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

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