#8A8E27#8A8E27

#8A8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.122 H 111.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8E27
RGB	rgb(138, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.8%, 0%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -14.59, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 53.28, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.41% -0.0452 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.41% 0.122 111.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.5211, 24.8963, 5.6435)
Luminance	0.2490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8E27 #2B278E

analogous

#8E5E27 #8A8E27 #568E27

triadic

#8A8E27 #278A8E #8E278A

tetradic

#8A8E27 #278E5E #2B278E #8E2756

square

#8A8E27 #278E5E #2B278E #8E2756

split-complementary

#8A8E27 #27568E #5E278E

monochromatic

#2D2E0D #5B5E1A #8A8E27 #B9BE34 #CED25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#8A8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#8A8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8E27

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8E27	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.122 111.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afae69',
    500: '#8a8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8e27;
$custom-light: #afae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.33,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62408,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 111.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8E27

secondary

#5D59B8

accent

#48E04E

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8E27

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

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