#8A966A

Closest named color: Green Grey (#77926F). oklch(65.2% 0.064 120.6), rgb(138, 150, 106).

Black text reads best on this color (6.65:1).

About this color

#8A966A is a medium-light, muted yellow. In OKLCH its lightness is 65%, its chroma 0.064 and its hue 121°. Its hue sits between the warm and cool halves of the wheel. The nearest named color is Green Grey (#77926F), ΔE 0.030 away. Black text reads best on it, at 6.65:1.

Hue family	Yellows
Lightness	medium-light (65%)
Chroma	muted (0.064)
Temperature	in between
Nearest name	Green Grey (#77926F)
Black text	6.65:1
White text	3.15:1

Values

HEX	#8A966A
RGB	rgb(138, 150, 106)
HSL	hsl(76, 17%, 50%)
OKLCH	oklch(65.2% 0.064 120.6)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #8A966A	3.15:1	AA large text	Lc -64.1	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #8A966A	6.65:1	AA	Lc 45.4	Large or bold text, headings
#8A966A text on white	3.15:1	AA large text	Lc 58.7	Large or bold text, headings
#8A966A text on black	6.65:1	AA	Lc -43.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 500.

Step 50
50

#F5F6F3

oklch(97.2% 0.004 121.6)
Step 100
100

#E9EBE4

oklch(93.7% 0.01 119.6)
Step 200
200

#D7DBCF

oklch(88.5% 0.017 121.8)
Step 300
300

#BDC4AE

oklch(80.9% 0.031 121.5)
Step 400
400

#9CA683

oklch(70.8% 0.05 120.6)
Step 500
500 (this color)

#8A966A

oklch(65.2% 0.064 120.6)
Step 600
600

#6D7A4B

oklch(55.7% 0.07 121.3)
Step 700
700

#5B663C

oklch(49% 0.064 120.8)
Step 800
800

#4B5432

oklch(42.9% 0.054 120.8)
Step 900
900

#3E452C

oklch(37.7% 0.041 121.1)
Step 950
950

#24281A

oklch(26.8% 0.025 121.1)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#8A966A with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#9C9167	0.028
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#9A916C	0.027
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#8E918A	0.053
Achromatopsia (no color)	#919191	0.064