#8A8A27#8A8A27

#8A8A27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.118 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8A27
RGB	rgb(138, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -12.46, 50.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 51.64, 103.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0393 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.118 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.9366, 23.7273, 5.4487)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8A27 #27278A

analogous

#8A5927 #8A8A27 #598A27

triadic

#8A8A27 #278A8A #8A278A

tetradic

#8A8A27 #278A59 #27278A #8A2759

square

#8A8A27 #278A59 #27278A #8A2759

split-complementary

#8A8A27 #27598A #59278A

monochromatic

#2B2B0C #5A5A1A #8A8A27 #BABA34 #D1D15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#8A8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#8A8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8A27

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8A27	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97872E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.118 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afab68',
    500: '#8a8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8a27;
$custom-light: #afab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6148,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8A27

secondary

#5757B6

accent

#49DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8A27

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

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