#8E971D#8E971D

#8E971D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.137 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E971D
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 29)
HSL	hsl(64, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(64, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 80.8%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.86, -17.95, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.86, 60.16, 107.36°)
OKLab	oklab(64.79% -0.0557 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(64.79% 0.137 114)
XYZ	xyz(22.4444, 27.9732, 5.3792)
Luminance	0.2797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E971D #261D97

analogous

#97631D #8E971D #51971D

triadic

#8E971D #1D8E97 #971D8E

tetradic

#8E971D #1D9763 #261D97 #971D51

square

#8E971D #1D9763 #261D97 #971D51

split-complementary

#8E971D #1D5197 #631D97

monochromatic

#2D3009 #5E6413 #8E971D #BECA27 #D3DE51

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E971D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#8E971D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E971D

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E971D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E971D	1.00	3.18	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.18	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)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e971d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.137 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b565',
    500: '#8e971d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e971d;
$custom-light: #b3b565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e971d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.426,
    "s": 67.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64786,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.27973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E971D

secondary

#584FC0

accent

#3DEB4A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E971D

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

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