#8D9979#8D9979

#8D9979 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.048 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9979
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(83, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(83, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -10.22, 15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 18.49, 123.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.027 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.048 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8265, 29.8256, 22.4818)
Luminance	0.2983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9979 #857999

analogous

#999579 #8D9979 #7D9979

triadic

#8D9979 #798D99 #99798D

tetradic

#8D9979 #799995 #857999 #99797D

square

#8D9979 #799995 #857999 #99797D

split-complementary

#8D9979 #797D99 #957999

monochromatic

#4E5642 #6E795C #8D9979 #ABB39C #C8CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8D9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#8D9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9979

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9979	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B947A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.048 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb79f',
    500: '#8d9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9979;
$custom-light: #aeb79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66447,
    "c": 0.04777,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9979

secondary

#B5B0BE

accent

#71B68B

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9979

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

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