#8A972F#8A972F

#8A972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.127 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A972F
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 68.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, -18.82, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 54.15, 110.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.57% -0.0562 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(64.57% 0.127 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.0614, 27.7420, 6.8813)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A972F #3C2F97

analogous

#97702F #8A972F #56972F

triadic

#8A972F #2F8A97 #972F8A

tetradic

#8A972F #2F9770 #3C2F97 #972F56

square

#8A972F #2F9770 #3C2F97 #972F56

split-complementary

#8A972F #2F5697 #702F97

monochromatic

#353A12 #5F6820 #8A972F #B3C340 #C6D26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8A972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A972F

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A972F	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)

#A18F1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.127 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56e',
    500: '#8a972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a972f;
$custom-light: #afb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64574,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A972F

secondary

#7368B9

accent

#4CDC5E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A972F

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

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