#8B971D#8B971D

#8B971D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.138 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B971D
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 29)
HSL	hsl(66, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 80.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -19.28, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 60.28, 108.65°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.0592 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.138 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9365, 27.7113, 5.3554)
Luminance	0.2771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B971D #291D97

analogous

#97661D #8B971D #4E971D

triadic

#8B971D #1D8B97 #971D8B

tetradic

#8B971D #1D9766 #291D97 #971D4E

square

#8B971D #1D9766 #291D97 #971D4E

split-complementary

#8B971D #1D4E97 #661D97

monochromatic

#2C3009 #5C6413 #8B971D #BACA27 #D0DE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B971D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8B971D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B971D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B971D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B971D	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)

#A19029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b971d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.138 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b565',
    500: '#8b971d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b971d;
$custom-light: #b0b565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b971d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.902,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64537,
    "c": 0.13768,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B971D

secondary

#5B4FC0

accent

#3DEB4E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B971D

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

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