#8D8B6E#8D8B6E

#8D8B6E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.042 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8B6E
RGB	rgb(141, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(56, 12%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 22%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 22%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -4.32, 15.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 16.40, 105.28°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0102 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.042 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.0315, 25.2541, 18.4101)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8B6E #6E708D

analogous

#8D7C6E #8D8B6E #808D6E

triadic

#8D8B6E #6E8D8B #8B6E8D

tetradic

#8D8B6E #6E8D7C #6E708D #8D6E80

square

#8D8B6E #6E8D7C #6E708D #8D6E80

split-complementary

#8D8B6E #6E808D #7C6E8D

monochromatic

#484738 #6B6953 #8D8B6E #A8A790 #C3C2B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#8D8B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#8D8B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8B6E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8B6E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90896C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928783

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.042 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeac97',
    500: '#8d8b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8b6e;
$custom-light: #aeac97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 12.351,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63056,
    "c": 0.04162,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8B6E

secondary

#A4A5B3

accent

#77B573

background

#FAFAF9

surface

#F4F4F2

border

#CECECC

text

#10100D

muted

#7F7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8B6E

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

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