#8A971E#8A971E

#8A971E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.138 H 115.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A971E
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.55, -19.68, 56.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.55, 60.04, 109.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.46% -0.0601 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(64.46% 0.138 115.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.7828, 27.6306, 5.4138)
Luminance	0.2763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A971E #2B1E97

analogous

#97671E #8A971E #4E971E

triadic

#8A971E #1E8A97 #971E8A

tetradic

#8A971E #1E9767 #2B1E97 #971E4E

square

#8A971E #1E9767 #2B1E97 #971E4E

split-complementary

#8A971E #1E4E97 #671E97

monochromatic

#2D310A #5B6414 #8A971E #B9CA28 #CEDD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#8A971E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#8A971E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A971E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A971E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A971E	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1902A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a971e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.138 115.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b566',
    500: '#8a971e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a971e;
$custom-light: #b0b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a971e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.446,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6446,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 115.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A971E

secondary

#5D51C0

accent

#3EEA50

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A971E

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

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