#8A971B#8A971B

#8A971B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.139 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A971B
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -19.79, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 60.89, 108.97°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% -0.0607 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.139 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7463, 27.6160, 5.2215)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A971B #281B97

analogous

#97661B #8A971B #4C971B

triadic

#8A971B #1B8A97 #971B8A

tetradic

#8A971B #1B9766 #281B97 #971B4C

square

#8A971B #1B9766 #281B97 #971B4C

split-complementary

#8A971B #1B4C97 #661B97

monochromatic

#2B2F08 #5B6312 #8A971B #B9CB24 #D0DF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A971B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A971B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A971B

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A971B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A971B	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a971b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.139 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b564',
    500: '#8a971b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a971b;
$custom-light: #b0b564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a971b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.29,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64445,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A971B

secondary

#594CC1

accent

#3BEC4E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A971B

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

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