#8C8A78#8C8A78

#8C8A78 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.026 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8A78
RGB	rgb(140, 138, 120)
HSL	hsl(54, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 14.3%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.18, -2.54, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.18, 10.24, 104.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0054 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.026 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.2936, 25.1087, 21.3850)
Luminance	0.2511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8A78 #787A8C

analogous

#8C8078 #8C8A78 #848C78

triadic

#8C8A78 #788C8A #8A788C

tetradic

#8C8A78 #788C80 #787A8C #8C7884

square

#8C8A78 #788C80 #787A8C #8C7884

split-complementary

#8C8A78 #78848C #80788C

monochromatic

#4A493F #6B6A5B #8C8A78 #A8A799 #C4C3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8C8A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8C8A78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8A78

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8A78	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F8785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 138, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.026 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#adac9f',
    500: '#8c8a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8a78;
$custom-light: #adac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62997,
    "c": 0.02626,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8A78

secondary

#ABACB4

accent

#7DB177

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8A78

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

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