#8A971C#8A971C

#8A971C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.139 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A971C
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 28)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -19.76, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 60.61, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(64.45% -0.0605 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(64.45% 0.139 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7581, 27.6207, 5.2835)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A971C #291C97

analogous

#97661C #8A971C #4D971C

triadic

#8A971C #1C8A97 #971C8A

tetradic

#8A971C #1C9766 #291C97 #971C4D

square

#8A971C #1C9766 #291C97 #971C4D

split-complementary

#8A971C #1C4D97 #661C97

monochromatic

#2C3009 #5B6312 #8A971C #B9CB26 #CFDE4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A971C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#8A971C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A971C

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A971C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A971C	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: #8a971c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.139 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b565',
    500: '#8a971c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a971c;
$custom-light: #b0b565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a971c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.341,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6445,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A971C

secondary

#5A4EC1

accent

#3CEC4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A971C

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

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