#8A973C#8A973C

#8A973C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.117 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A973C
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 60)
HSL	hsl(69, 43%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -17.89, 45.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 48.65, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.7% -0.0523 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.7% 0.117 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.3639, 27.8630, 8.4741)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A973C #493C97

analogous

#97773C #8A973C #5D973C

triadic

#8A973C #3C8A97 #973C8A

tetradic

#8A973C #3C9777 #493C97 #973C5D

square

#8A973C #3C9777 #493C97 #973C5D

split-complementary

#8A973C #3C5D97 #773C97

monochromatic

#3A3F19 #626B2B #8A973C #ADBB55 #C2CD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8A973C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8A973C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A973C

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A973C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A973C	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)

#A19032

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#928F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a973c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.117 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#aeb575',
    500: '#8a973c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a973c;
$custom-light: #aeb575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a973c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 43.128,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64697,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A973C

secondary

#8178B7

accent

#55D367

background

#FAFBF7

surface

#F5F6ED

border

#CFD0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A973C

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

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