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#8A8769

Mocha · medium warm yellow

About #8A8769

With the hex code #8A8769, this is a medium yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 53% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 24% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is similar to Mocha — a ΔE of 13.6 — followed by Mushroom. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #696C8A, a slate gray shade.

In design, a medium colour like this works best for illustrations, icons and secondary elements. Put black text on top of it — 5.75:1, a WCAG AA pass.

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Red138
Green135
Blue105

Closest named colours

Mocha
#967969 · ΔE 13.6
Mushroom
#A39B90 · ΔE 13.9
Sage
#9CAF88 · ΔE 16.5

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #8A8769

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A8769.
3.65:1AA Large
Black heading text
Body copy set on mocha #8A8769.
5.75:1AA

Colour-blindness preview

How #8A8769 appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#8A8769
Protanopia (no red cones)
#8D8567
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#8E876A
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#8F837F

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #8A8769?

With the hex code #8A8769, this is a medium yellow with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 54% red, 53% green and 41% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 2% magenta, 24% yellow and 46% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #8A8769?

Use black text. Black on #8A8769 has a contrast ratio of 5.75:1 (AA).

›What colours go with #8A8769?

Its complementary colour is #696C8A, and analogous partners are #8A7669 and #7C8A69.