#8A973B#8A973B

#8A973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.118 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A973B
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(68, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(68, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 60.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -17.97, 45.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 49.10, 111.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0526 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.118 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3377, 27.8525, 8.3362)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A973B #483B97

analogous

#97763B #8A973B #5C973B

triadic

#8A973B #3B8A97 #973B8A

tetradic

#8A973B #3B9776 #483B97 #973B5C

square

#8A973B #3B9776 #483B97 #973B5C

split-complementary

#8A973B #3B5C97 #763B97

monochromatic

#3A3F19 #626B2A #8A973B #ADBC53 #C2CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8A973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A973B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A973B	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.118 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb575',
    500: '#8a973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a973b;
$custom-light: #aeb575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.478,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64686,
    "c": 0.11759,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A973B

secondary

#8077B7

accent

#54D466

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A973B

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

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