#8B971A#8B971A

#8B971A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.139 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B971A
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 26)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 83%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 82.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -19.39, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 61.11, 108.50°)
OKLab	oklab(64.52% -0.0597 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(64.52% 0.139 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9012, 27.6971, 5.1694)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B971A #261A97

analogous

#97651A #8B971A #4D971A

triadic

#8B971A #1A8B97 #971A8B

tetradic

#8B971A #1A9765 #261A97 #971A4D

square

#8B971A #1A9765 #261A97 #971A4D

split-complementary

#8B971A #1A4D97 #651A97

monochromatic

#2B2F08 #5B6311 #8B971A #BBCB23 #D2E04B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B971A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8B971A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B971A

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B971A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B971A	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b971a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.139 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b564',
    500: '#8b971a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b971a;
$custom-light: #b1b564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b971a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.76,
    "s": 70.621,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64522,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B971A

secondary

#564BC2

accent

#3AED4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B971A

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

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