#87971B#87971B

#87971B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.140 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87971B
RGB	rgb(135, 151, 27)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.31, -21.11, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.31, 61.05, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(64.2% -0.0641 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(64.2% 0.14 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.2567, 27.3635, 5.1986)
Luminance	0.2736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87971B #2B1B97

analogous

#97691B #87971B #49971B

triadic

#87971B #1B8797 #971B87

tetradic

#87971B #1B9769 #2B1B97 #971B49

square

#87971B #1B9769 #2B1B97 #971B49

split-complementary

#87971B #1B4997 #691B97

monochromatic

#2A2F08 #596312 #87971B #B5CB24 #CCDF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#87971B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#87971B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #87971B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87971B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87971B	1.00	3.24	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87971b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 151, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.140 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb564',
    500: '#87971b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87971b;
$custom-light: #aeb564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87971b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.742,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64201,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87971B

secondary

#5B4CC1

accent

#3BEC52

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87971B

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

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