#8B973D#8B973D

#8B973D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.115 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B973D
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(68, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(68, 60%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 59.6%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -17.39, 44.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 48.14, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0508 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.115 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5568, 27.9594, 8.6224)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B973D #493D97

analogous

#97763D #8B973D #5E973D

triadic

#8B973D #3D8B97 #973D8B

tetradic

#8B973D #3D9776 #493D97 #973D5E

square

#8B973D #3D9776 #493D97 #973D5E

split-complementary

#8B973D #3D5E97 #763D97

monochromatic

#3B401A #636B2B #8B973D #ADBB56 #C3CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8B973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8B973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B973D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B973D	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.115 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb576',
    500: '#8b973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b973d;
$custom-light: #afb576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68,
    "s": 42.453,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64789,
    "c": 0.11549,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B973D

secondary

#8179B7

accent

#56D266

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111109

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B973D

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

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