#8A9427#8A9427

#8A9427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.129 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9427
RGB	rgb(138, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 0%, 73.6%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.72, -17.73, 52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.72, 55.83, 108.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.054 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.129 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4379, 26.7300, 5.9491)
Luminance	0.2673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9427 #312794

analogous

#946827 #8A9427 #539427

triadic

#8A9427 #278A94 #94278A

tetradic

#8A9427 #279468 #312794 #942753

square

#8A9427 #279468 #312794 #942753

split-complementary

#8A9427 #275394 #682794

monochromatic

#30330D #5D641A #8A9427 #B7C434 #CAD560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#8A9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#8A9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9427

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9427	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.129 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb369',
    500: '#8a9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9427;
$custom-light: #afb369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.505,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63809,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9427

secondary

#655CBB

accent

#46E255

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9427

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

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