#8B985E#8B985E

#8B985E is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.081 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B985E
RGB	rgb(139, 152, 94)
HSL	hsl(73, 24%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(73, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 38.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -14.44, 28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 32.39, 116.48°)
OKLab	oklab(65.5% -0.0395 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(65.5% 0.081 119)
XYZ	xyz(23.8961, 28.7537, 14.8786)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B985E #6B5E98

analogous

#98885E #8B985E #6E985E

triadic

#8B985E #5E8B98 #985E8B

tetradic

#8B985E #5E9888 #6B5E98 #985E6E

square

#8B985E #5E9888 #6B5E98 #985E6E

split-complementary

#8B985E #5E6E98 #885E98

monochromatic

#464C2F #687247 #8B985E #A7B282 #C1C9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#8B985E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#8B985E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B985E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B985E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B985E	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F925A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b985e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 152, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.081 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb68c',
    500: '#8b985e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b985e;
$custom-light: #aeb68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b985e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.448,
    "s": 23.577,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65495,
    "c": 0.08147,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.28754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B985E

secondary

#A19BB7

accent

#68C07C

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B985E

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

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