#8C971D#8C971D

#8C971D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.137 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C971D
RGB	rgb(140, 151, 29)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 80.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -18.84, 57.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 60.23, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% -0.058 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.137 115)
XYZ	xyz(22.1043, 27.7978, 5.3632)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C971D #281D97

analogous

#97651D #8C971D #4F971D

triadic

#8C971D #1D8C97 #971D8C

tetradic

#8C971D #1D9765 #281D97 #971D4F

square

#8C971D #1D9765 #281D97 #971D4F

split-complementary

#8C971D #1D4F97 #651D97

monochromatic

#2D3009 #5C6413 #8C971D #BCCA27 #D1DE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8C971D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#8C971D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C971D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C971D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C971D	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c971d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 151, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.137 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b565',
    500: '#8c971d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c971d;
$custom-light: #b1b565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c971d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.41,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64619,
    "c": 0.13735,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.27797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C971D

secondary

#5A4FC0

accent

#3DEB4D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C971D

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

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