#8B971E#8B971E

#8B971E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.137 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B971E
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 30)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 80.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.63, -19.24, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.63, 59.99, 108.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.54% -0.059 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(64.54% 0.137 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9490, 27.7163, 5.4216)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B971E #2A1E97

analogous

#97661E #8B971E #4F971E

triadic

#8B971E #1E8B97 #971E8B

tetradic

#8B971E #1E9766 #2A1E97 #971E4F

square

#8B971E #1E9766 #2A1E97 #971E4F

split-complementary

#8B971E #1E4F97 #661E97

monochromatic

#2D310A #5C6414 #8B971E #BACA28 #CFDD53

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B971E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8B971E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B971E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B971E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B971E	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)

#A1912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b971e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.137 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b566',
    500: '#8b971e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b971e;
$custom-light: #b0b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b971e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.95,
    "s": 66.851,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64542,
    "c": 0.1372,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B971E

secondary

#5C51C0

accent

#3EEA4F

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B971E

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

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