#8D8A79#8D8A79

#8D8A79 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.025 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A79
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 8%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 14%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 14.2%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.29, -1.98, 9.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.29, 9.72, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(63.11% -0.0038 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(63.11% 0.025 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.5239, 25.2204, 21.7142)
Luminance	0.2522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A79 #797C8D

analogous

#8D8079 #8D8A79 #868D79

triadic

#8D8A79 #798D8A #8A798D

tetradic

#8D8A79 #798D80 #797C8D #8D7986

square

#8D8A79 #798D80 #797C8D #8D7986

split-complementary

#8D8A79 #79868D #80798D

monochromatic

#4B4A40 #6C6A5C #8D8A79 #A9A79A #C5C4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8D8A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#8D8A79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A79

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A79	1.00	3.47	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E8978

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908785

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.025 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac9f',
    500: '#8d8a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a79;
$custom-light: #aeac9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 8.065,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63111,
    "c": 0.02496,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A79

secondary

#ACAEB5

accent

#7FB177

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100E

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A79

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

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