#8E971F#8E971F

#8E971F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.136 H 114.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E971F
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 31)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 79.5%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.87, -17.88, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.87, 59.57, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0553 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.136 114)
XYZ	xyz(22.4700, 27.9834, 5.5137)
Luminance	0.2798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E971F #281F97

analogous

#97641F #8E971F #52971F

triadic

#8E971F #1F8E97 #971F8E

tetradic

#8E971F #1F9764 #281F97 #971F52

square

#8E971F #1F9764 #281F97 #971F52

split-complementary

#8E971F #1F5297 #641F97

monochromatic

#2E310A #5E6415 #8E971F #BECA29 #D2DC54

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E971F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8E971F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E971F

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E971F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E971F	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e971f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.136 114.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3b566',
    500: '#8e971f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e971f;
$custom-light: #b3b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e971f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.5,
    "s": 65.934,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64797,
    "c": 0.13573,
    "h": 114
  },
  "luminance": 0.27983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E971F

secondary

#5B52BF

accent

#3FE94C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111106

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E971F

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

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