#8D997B#8D997B

#8D997B is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.045 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D997B
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(84, 13%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(84, 20%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 19.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -9.88, 14.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 17.43, 124.54°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0261 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.045 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9504, 29.8752, 23.1344)
Luminance	0.2988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D997B #877B99

analogous

#99967B #8D997B #7E997B

triadic

#8D997B #7B8D99 #997B8D

tetradic

#8D997B #7B9996 #877B99 #997B7E

square

#8D997B #7B9996 #877B99 #997B7E

split-complementary

#8D997B #7B7E99 #967B99

monochromatic

#4F5743 #6E795E #8D997B #ABB49E #C9CEC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8D997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#8D997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D997B

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D997B	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B947C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.045 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb7a1',
    500: '#8d997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d997b;
$custom-light: #aeb7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66495,
    "c": 0.04512,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D997B

secondary

#B7B2BE

accent

#72B68D

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D997B

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

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