#8D997E#8D997E

#8D997E is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.041 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D997E
RGB	rgb(141, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(87, 12%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(87, 18%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.61, -9.37, 12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.61, 15.84, 126.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0248 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.041 127)
XYZ	xyz(26.1411, 29.9514, 24.1386)
Luminance	0.2995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D997E #8A7E99

analogous

#99987E #8D997E #80997E

triadic

#8D997E #7E8D99 #997E8D

tetradic

#8D997E #7E9998 #8A7E99 #997E80

square

#8D997E #7E9998 #8A7E99 #997E80

split-complementary

#8D997E #7E8099 #987E99

monochromatic

#4F5745 #6E7A60 #8D997E #ABB4A0 #C9CFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8D997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#8D997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D997E

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D997E	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	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)

#9C957C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A957F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8F9691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.041 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb7a3',
    500: '#8d997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d997e;
$custom-light: #aeb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 11.688,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66569,
    "c": 0.04115,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.29952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D997E

secondary

#B9B4BF

accent

#73B590

background

#FAFBFA

surface

#F4F6F3

border

#CED0CD

text

#10110F

muted

#7F807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D997E

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

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