#8D971B#8D971B

#8D971B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.138 H 114.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D971B
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 27)
HSL	hsl(65, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(65, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 82.1%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -18.47, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 60.75, 107.70°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% -0.0572 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.138 114.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.2496, 27.8755, 5.2451)
Luminance	0.2787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D971B #251B97

analogous

#97631B #8D971B #4F971B

triadic

#8D971B #1B8D97 #971B8D

tetradic

#8D971B #1B9763 #251B97 #971B4F

square

#8D971B #1B9763 #251B97 #971B4F

split-complementary

#8D971B #1B4F97 #631B97

monochromatic

#2C2F08 #5D6312 #8D971B #BDCB24 #D3DF4D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#8D971B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8D971B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D971B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D971B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D971B	1.00	3.19	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d971b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.138 114.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b564',
    500: '#8d971b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d971b;
$custom-light: #b2b564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d971b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64693,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 114.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D971B

secondary

#564CC1

accent

#3BEC4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D971B

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

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