#8D997D#8D997D

#8D997D is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.042 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D997D
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 125)
HSL	hsl(86, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(86, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 18.3%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -9.55, 13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 16.37, 125.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.54% -0.0252 0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(66.54% 0.042 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0769, 29.9258, 23.8005)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D997D #897D99

analogous

#99977D #8D997D #7F997D

triadic

#8D997D #7D8D99 #997D8D

tetradic

#8D997D #7D9997 #897D99 #997D7F

square

#8D997D #7D9997 #897D99 #997D7F

split-complementary

#8D997D #7D7F99 #977D99

monochromatic

#4F5744 #6E795F #8D997D #ABB49F #C9CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8D997D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8D997D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D997D

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D997D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D997D	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C957B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A957E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d997d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.042 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb7a2',
    500: '#8d997d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d997d;
$custom-light: #aeb7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d997d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 12.069,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66544,
    "c": 0.04248,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D997D

secondary

#B8B3BF

accent

#73B58F

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F3

border

#CED0CD

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D997D

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

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