#8D8972#8D8972

#8D8972 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.034 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8972
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 19.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -2.58, 12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 13.15, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(62.71% -0.0053 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.71% 0.034 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.9673, 24.7693, 19.4874)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8972 #72768D

analogous

#8D7C72 #8D8972 #838D72

triadic

#8D8972 #728D89 #89728D

tetradic

#8D8972 #728D7C #72768D #8D7283

square

#8D8972 #728D7C #72768D #8D7283

split-complementary

#8D8972 #72838D #7C728D

monochromatic

#49473B #6B6857 #8D8972 #A8A594 #C4C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8D8972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8D8972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8972

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8972	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8771

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.034 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab9a',
    500: '#8d8972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8972;
$custom-light: #aeab9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 10.588,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62711,
    "c": 0.03355,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8972

secondary

#A7A9B3

accent

#7EB474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8972

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

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