#8A9027#8A9027

#8A9027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.125 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9027
RGB	rgb(138, 144, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.2%, 0%, 72.9%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.56, -15.64, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.56, 54.12, 106.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.0482 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.125 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.8213, 25.4967, 5.7436)
Luminance	0.2550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9027 #2D2790

analogous

#906127 #8A9027 #559027

triadic

#8A9027 #278A90 #90278A

tetradic

#8A9027 #279061 #2D2790 #902755

square

#8A9027 #279061 #2D2790 #902755

split-complementary

#8A9027 #275590 #612790

monochromatic

#2E300D #5C601A #8A9027 #B8C034 #CDD35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#8A9027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#8A9027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9027

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9027	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8914

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#94877C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 144, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.125 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb069',
    500: '#8a9027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9027;
$custom-light: #afb069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.429,
    "s": 57.377,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62874,
    "c": 0.12463,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9027

secondary

#605AB9

accent

#47E150

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9027

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

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