#8B971C#8B971C

#8B971C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.138 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B971C
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 28)
HSL	hsl(66, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 81.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.62, -19.32, 57.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.62, 60.56, 108.60°)
OKLab	oklab(64.53% -0.0593 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(64.53% 0.138 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.9243, 27.7064, 5.2913)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B971C #281C97

analogous

#97661C #8B971C #4D971C

triadic

#8B971C #1C8B97 #971C8B

tetradic

#8B971C #1C9766 #281C97 #971C4D

square

#8B971C #1C9766 #281C97 #971C4D

split-complementary

#8B971C #1C4D97 #661C97

monochromatic

#2C3009 #5B6312 #8B971C #BBCB26 #D0DE4F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B971C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8B971C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B971C

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B971C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B971C	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)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b971c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.138 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b565',
    500: '#8b971c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b971c;
$custom-light: #b0b565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b971c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.854,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64532,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B971C

secondary

#594EC1

accent

#3CEC4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B971C

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

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