#87981B#87981B

#87981B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.141 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#87981B
RGB	rgb(135, 152, 27)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(68, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.2%, 0%, 82.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -21.62, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 61.47, 110.59°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0655 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.141 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4183, 27.6867, 5.2525)
Luminance	0.2769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#87981B #2C1B98

analogous

#986A1B #87981B #49981B

triadic

#87981B #1B8798 #981B87

tetradic

#87981B #1B986A #2C1B98 #981B49

square

#87981B #1B986A #2C1B98 #981B49

split-complementary

#87981B #1B4998 #6A1B98

monochromatic

#2B3009 #596412 #87981B #B5CC24 #CCE04E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#87981B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#87981B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #87981B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##87981B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##87981B	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#908F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #87981b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(135, 152, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.141 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb664',
    500: '#87981b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #87981b;
$custom-light: #aeb664;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#87981b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 135,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.16,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64439,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#87981B

secondary

#5D4DC2

accent

#3BED53

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #87981B

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

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