#8A972A#8A972A

#8A972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.131 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A972A
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 72.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -19.11, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 56.06, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0575 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.131 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9663, 27.7040, 6.3803)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A972A #372A97

analogous

#976D2A #8A972A #53972A

triadic

#8A972A #2A8A97 #972A8A

tetradic

#8A972A #2A976D #372A97 #972A53

square

#8A972A #2A976D #372A97 #972A53

split-complementary

#8A972A #2A5397 #6D2A97

monochromatic

#32370F #5E671D #8A972A #B6C737 #C8D567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8A972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A972A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A972A	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)

#A28F17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.131 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56b',
    500: '#8a972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a972a;
$custom-light: #afb56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.156,
    "s": 56.477,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64535,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A972A

secondary

#6D62BB

accent

#48E05A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A972A

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

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