#8C8A6A#8C8A6A

#8C8A6A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.046 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A6A
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 106)
HSL	hsl(56, 14%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 24.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -4.78, 17.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 18.10, 105.32°)
OKLab	oklab(62.65% -0.0116 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(62.65% 0.046 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5052, 24.7934, 17.2329)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A6A #6A6C8C

analogous

#8C796A #8C8A6A #7D8C6A

triadic

#8C8A6A #6A8C8A #8A6A8C

tetradic

#8C8A6A #6A8C79 #6A6C8C #8C6A7D

square

#8C8A6A #6A8C79 #6A6C8C #8C6A7D

split-complementary

#8C8A6A #6A7D8C #796A8C

monochromatic

#464535 #696850 #8C8A6A #A8A68C #C2C1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8C8A6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8C8A6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A6A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A6A	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91896B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.046 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac94',
    500: '#8c8a6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a6a;
$custom-light: #aeac94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 13.821,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62653,
    "c": 0.04578,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A6A

secondary

#A1A2B1

accent

#75B771

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A6A

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

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