#8A8927#8A8927

#8A8927 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.234; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.117 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8927
RGB	rgb(138, 137, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.7%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.52, -11.93, 49.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.52, 51.24, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0378 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.117 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.7938, 23.4417, 5.4011)
Luminance	0.2344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8927 #27288A

analogous

#8A5827 #8A8927 #5A8A27

triadic

#8A8927 #278A89 #89278A

tetradic

#8A8927 #278A58 #27288A #8A275A

square

#8A8927 #278A58 #27288A #8A275A

split-complementary

#8A8927 #275A8A #58278A

monochromatic

#2B2A0C #5A5A1A #8A8927 #BAB834 #D1CF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8A8927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8A8927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8927

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8927	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948076

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 137, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.117 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab68',
    500: '#8a8927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8927;
$custom-light: #afab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.394,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61249,
    "c": 0.11703,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8927

secondary

#5758B6

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8927

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

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