#8D8973#8D8973

#8D8973 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.032 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8973
RGB	rgb(141, 137, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(51, 18%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.8%, 18.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -2.42, 12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 12.59, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0049 0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.032 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.0245, 24.7922, 19.7888)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8973 #73778D

analogous

#8D7C73 #8D8973 #848D73

triadic

#8D8973 #738D89 #89738D

tetradic

#8D8973 #738D7C #73778D #8D7384

square

#8D8973 #738D7C #73778D #8D7384

split-complementary

#8D8973 #73848D #7C738D

monochromatic

#4A483C #6B6857 #8D8973 #A8A595 #C4C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8D8973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#8D8973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8973

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8973	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)

#8E8772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918683

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 137, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.032 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeab9b',
    500: '#8d8973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8973;
$custom-light: #aeab9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62736,
    "c": 0.03216,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8973

secondary

#A8AAB4

accent

#7EB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8973

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

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