#8B995F#8B995F

#8B995F is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.082 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B995F
RGB	rgb(139, 153, 95)
HSL	hsl(74, 23%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(74, 38%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 37.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.87, -14.84, 28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.87, 32.44, 117.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.0406 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.082 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1042, 29.0977, 15.1708)
Luminance	0.2910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8B995F #6D5F99

analogous

#998A5F #8B995F #6E995F

triadic

#8B995F #5F8B99 #995F8B

tetradic

#8B995F #5F998A #6D5F99 #995F6E

square

#8B995F #5F998A #6D5F99 #995F6E

split-complementary

#8B995F #5F6E99 #8A5F99

monochromatic

#464D30 #697348 #8B995F #A7B283 #C2CAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#8B995F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#8B995F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B995F

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B995F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B995F	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0935B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#90938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b995f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 153, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.082 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adb78d',
    500: '#8b995f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b995f;
$custom-light: #adb78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b995f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.483,
    "s": 23.387,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65743,
    "c": 0.08174,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B995F

secondary

#A39CB8

accent

#68C07D

background

#FAFBF8

surface

#F4F6F0

border

#CED0CB

text

#10110C

muted

#7F807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B995F

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

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