#8D8A72#8D8A72

#8D8A72 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.035 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A72
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 11%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 19%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 19.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -3.14, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 13.65, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(62.93% -0.0069 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(62.93% 0.035 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.1101, 25.0549, 19.5350)
Luminance	0.2505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A72 #72758D

analogous

#8D7C72 #8D8A72 #838D72

triadic

#8D8A72 #728D8A #8A728D

tetradic

#8D8A72 #728D7C #72758D #8D7283

square

#8D8A72 #728D7C #72758D #8D7283

split-complementary

#8D8A72 #72838D #7C728D

monochromatic

#49483B #6B6957 #8D8A72 #A8A694 #C4C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8D8A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#8D8A72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A72

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A72	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)

#8F8871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.035 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac9a',
    500: '#8d8a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a72;
$custom-light: #aeac9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 10.588,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62931,
    "c": 0.03479,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A72

secondary

#A7A9B3

accent

#7BB474

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A72

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

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