#8D8873#8D8873

#8D8873 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.031 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8873
RGB	rgb(141, 136, 115)
HSL	hsl(48, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 18%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 18.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.59, -1.86, 11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.59, 12.11, 98.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0033 0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.031 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.8830, 24.5092, 19.7416)
Luminance	0.2451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8873 #73788D

analogous

#8D7B73 #8D8873 #858D73

triadic

#8D8873 #738D88 #88738D

tetradic

#8D8873 #738D7B #73788D #8D7385

square

#8D8873 #738D7B #73788D #8D7385

split-complementary

#8D8873 #73858D #7B738D

monochromatic

#4A473C #6B6857 #8D8873 #A8A595 #C4C1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#8D8873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#8D8873 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8873

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8873	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918582

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 136, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.031 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeaa9b',
    500: '#8d8873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8873;
$custom-light: #aeaa9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62517,
    "c": 0.031,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8873

secondary

#A8AAB4

accent

#81B375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8873

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

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