#8C8A6B#8C8A6B

#8C8A6B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.044 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A6B
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 107)
HSL	hsl(56, 13%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(56, 24%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 23.6%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.89, -4.63, 16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.89, 17.54, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.68% -0.0111 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(62.68% 0.044 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.5575, 24.8143, 17.5084)
Luminance	0.2481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A6B #6B6D8C

analogous

#8C796B #8C8A6B #7D8C6B

triadic

#8C8A6B #6B8C8A #8A6B8C

tetradic

#8C8A6B #6B8C79 #6B6D8C #8C6B7D

square

#8C8A6B #6B8C79 #6B6D8C #8C6B7D

split-complementary

#8C8A6B #6B7D8C #796B8C

monochromatic

#474636 #696850 #8C8A6B #A8A68D #C2C1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8C8A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8C8A6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A6B

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A6B	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)

#908869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91896C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918682

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.044 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac95',
    500: '#8c8a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a6b;
$custom-light: #aeac95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 13.36,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62676,
    "c": 0.04441,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A6B

secondary

#A1A2B1

accent

#76B672

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F1

border

#CECECB

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A6B

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

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