#8A972E#8A972E

#8A972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.128 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A972E
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 69.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -18.88, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 54.54, 110.25°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0565 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.128 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0415, 27.7341, 6.7763)
Luminance	0.2773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A972E #3B2E97

analogous

#976F2E #8A972E #55972E

triadic

#8A972E #2E8A97 #972E8A

tetradic

#8A972E #2E976F #3B2E97 #972E55

square

#8A972E #2E976F #3B2E97 #972E55

split-complementary

#8A972E #2E5597 #6F2E97

monochromatic

#343911 #5F6820 #8A972E #B4C43E #C6D26D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A972E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A972E	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)

#A18F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.128 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56d',
    500: '#8a972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a972e;
$custom-light: #afb56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.429,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64565,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A972E

secondary

#7167BA

accent

#4BDD5D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A972E

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

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