#8D973B#8D973B

#8D973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.117 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D973B
RGB	rgb(141, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 44%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(67, 61%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 60.9%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, -16.68, 46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 48.94, 109.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.93% -0.0492 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(64.93% 0.117 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.8410, 28.1121, 8.3597)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D973B #453B97

analogous

#97733B #8D973B #5F973B

triadic

#8D973B #3B8D97 #973B8D

tetradic

#8D973B #3B9773 #453B97 #973B5F

square

#8D973B #3B9773 #453B97 #973B5F

split-complementary

#8D973B #3B5F97 #733B97

monochromatic

#3B3F19 #646B2A #8D973B #B1BC53 #C5CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8D973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#8D973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D973B

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D973B	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968F83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.117 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b575',
    500: '#8d973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d973b;
$custom-light: #b1b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 43.81,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64932,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D973B

secondary

#7E77B7

accent

#54D462

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D973B

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

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