#8F9979#8F9979

#8F9979 is a light, muted yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.047 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F9979
RGB	rgb(143, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(79, 14%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(79, 21%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -9.45, 15.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 18.28, 121.11°)
OKLab	oklab(66.61% -0.0248 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(66.61% 0.047 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1697, 30.0026, 22.4979)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8F9979 #837999

analogous

#999379 #8F9979 #7F9979

triadic

#8F9979 #798F99 #99798F

tetradic

#8F9979 #799993 #837999 #99797F

square

#8F9979 #799993 #837999 #99797F

split-complementary

#8F9979 #797F99 #937999

monochromatic

#505642 #70795C #8F9979 #ACB39C #C9CEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#8F9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#8F9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8F9979

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F9979	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C957A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.047 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b79f',
    500: '#8f9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f9979;
$custom-light: #b0b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 13.559,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66606,
    "c": 0.04705,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F9979

secondary

#B4B0BE

accent

#71B687

background

#FAFBF9

surface

#F4F6F2

border

#CED0CC

text

#10110E

muted

#7F807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F9979

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

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