#8B971F#8B971F

#8B971F 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	#8B971F
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 31)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -19.20, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 59.69, 108.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% -0.0588 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.137 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.9620, 27.7215, 5.4899)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B971F #2B1F97

analogous

#97671F #8B971F #4F971F

triadic

#8B971F #1F8B97 #971F8B

tetradic

#8B971F #1F9767 #2B1F97 #971F4F

square

#8B971F #1F9767 #2B1F97 #971F4F

split-complementary

#8B971F #1F4F97 #671F97

monochromatic

#2E310A #5C6415 #8B971F #BACA29 #CEDC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8B971F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8B971F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B971F

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B971F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B971F	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: #8b971f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.137 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b566',
    500: '#8b971f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b971f;
$custom-light: #b0b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b971f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64547,
    "c": 0.13671,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B971F

secondary

#5D52BF

accent

#3FE950

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B971F

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

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