#8A8D27#8A8D27

#8A8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.121 H 111.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8D27
RGB	rgb(138, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 0%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, -14.06, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 52.87, 105.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% -0.0437 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.121 111.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.3730, 24.6000, 5.5942)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8D27 #2A278D

analogous

#8D5D27 #8A8D27 #578D27

triadic

#8A8D27 #278A8D #8D278A

tetradic

#8A8D27 #278D5D #2A278D #8D2757

square

#8A8D27 #278D5D #2A278D #8D2757

split-complementary

#8A8D27 #27578D #5D278D

monochromatic

#2C2D0C #5B5D1A #8A8D27 #B9BD34 #CFD25C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#8A8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#8A8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8D27

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8D27	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99892F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.121 111.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae69',
    500: '#8a8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8d27;
$custom-light: #afae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62175,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 111.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8D27

secondary

#5B59B7

accent

#48E04C

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8D27

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

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