#8C8A76#8C8A76

#8C8A76 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.029 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A76
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 118)
HSL	hsl(55, 9%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 16%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 15.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -2.88, 11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 11.37, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0063 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.029 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.1735, 25.0607, 20.7524)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A76 #76788C

analogous

#8C7F76 #8C8A76 #838C76

triadic

#8C8A76 #768C8A #8A768C

tetradic

#8C8A76 #768C7F #76788C #8C7683

square

#8C8A76 #768C7F #76788C #8C7683

split-complementary

#8C8A76 #76838C #7F768C

monochromatic

#4A493E #6B695A #8C8A76 #A8A697 #C4C3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8C8A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8C8A76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A76

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A76	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.029 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac9d',
    500: '#8c8a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a76;
$custom-light: #adac9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 8.73,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62945,
    "c": 0.02909,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A76

secondary

#AAABB4

accent

#7BB276

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A76

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

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