#8D8A73#8D8A73

#8D8A73 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.033 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A73
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 115)
HSL	hsl(53, 10%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(53, 18%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 18.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -2.98, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 13.09, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.0065 0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.033 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.1673, 25.0778, 19.8364)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A73 #73768D

analogous

#8D7D73 #8D8A73 #838D73

triadic

#8D8A73 #738D8A #8A738D

tetradic

#8D8A73 #738D7D #73768D #8D7383

square

#8D8A73 #738D7D #73768D #8D7383

split-complementary

#8D8A73 #73838D #7D738D

monochromatic

#4A483C #6B6957 #8D8A73 #A8A695 #C4C2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#8D8A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#8D8A73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A73

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A73	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)

#8F8872

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908A74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#918784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.033 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac9b',
    500: '#8d8a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a73;
$custom-light: #aeac9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 10.236,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62956,
    "c": 0.03339,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A73

secondary

#A8A9B4

accent

#7CB375

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A73

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

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