#8A972D#8A972D

#8A972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.129 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A972D
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 70.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -18.94, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 54.93, 110.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% -0.0567 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.129 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0220, 27.7263, 6.6737)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A972D #3A2D97

analogous

#976F2D #8A972D #55972D

triadic

#8A972D #2D8A97 #972D8A

tetradic

#8A972D #2D976F #3A2D97 #972D55

square

#8A972D #2D976F #3A2D97 #972D55

split-complementary

#8A972D #2D5597 #6F2D97

monochromatic

#343911 #5F681F #8A972D #B4C53C #C6D36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A972D

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A972D	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.129 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56d',
    500: '#8a972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a972d;
$custom-light: #afb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.358,
    "s": 54.082,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64557,
    "c": 0.12865,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A972D

secondary

#7066BA

accent

#4ADD5C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A972D

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

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