#8B971B#8B971B

#8B971B 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	#8B971B
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 27)
HSL	hsl(66, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -19.35, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 60.84, 108.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0595 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.139 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9125, 27.7017, 5.2293)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B971B #271B97

analogous

#97651B #8B971B #4D971B

triadic

#8B971B #1B8B97 #971B8B

tetradic

#8B971B #1B9765 #271B97 #971B4D

square

#8B971B #1B9765 #271B97 #971B4D

split-complementary

#8B971B #1B4D97 #651B97

monochromatic

#2B2F08 #5B6312 #8B971B #BBCB24 #D1DF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B971B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8B971B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B971B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B971B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B971B	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)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b971b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.139 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b564',
    500: '#8b971b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b971b;
$custom-light: #b0b564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b971b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.806,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64527,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B971B

secondary

#584CC1

accent

#3BEC4C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B971B

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

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