#8A997F#8A997F

#8A997F is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.041 H 132.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A997F
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(95, 11%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(95, 17%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.41, -10.33, 11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.41, 15.75, 130.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0276 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.041 132)
XYZ	xyz(25.7026, 29.7178, 24.4566)
Luminance	0.2972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A997F #8E7F99

analogous

#97997F #8A997F #7F9981

triadic

#8A997F #7F8A99 #997F8A

tetradic

#8A997F #7F9799 #8E7F99 #99817F

square

#8A997F #7F9799 #8E7F99 #99817F

split-complementary

#8A997F #817F99 #997F97

monochromatic

#4D5846 #6B7A61 #8A997F #A9B4A1 #C8CFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#8A997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#8A997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A997F

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A997F	1.00	3.02	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.02	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)

#9C957E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8B9792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.041 132.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#acb7a4',
    500: '#8a997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a997f;
$custom-light: #acb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.615,
    "s": 11.304,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66359,
    "c": 0.04125,
    "h": 132
  },
  "luminance": 0.29718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A997F

secondary

#BBB4BF

accent

#74B499

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F4

border

#CED0CE

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A997F

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

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