#8A997E#8A997E

#8A997E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.043 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A997E
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(93, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(93, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -10.51, 12.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 16.27, 130.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.33% -0.028 0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(66.33% 0.043 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.6377, 29.6919, 24.1150)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A997E #8D7E99

analogous

#98997E #8A997E #7E9980

triadic

#8A997E #7E8A99 #997E8A

tetradic

#8A997E #7E9899 #8D7E99 #99807E

square

#8A997E #7E9899 #8D7E99 #99807E

split-complementary

#8A997E #807E99 #997E98

monochromatic

#4D5745 #6B7A60 #8A997E #A9B4A0 #C8CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A997E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A997E	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99947F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.043 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7a3',
    500: '#8a997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a997e;
$custom-light: #acb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.333,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66334,
    "c": 0.04253,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A997E

secondary

#BAB4BF

accent

#73B598

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F3

border

#CED0CD

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A997E

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

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