#8A9527#8A9527

#8A9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.130 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9527
RGB	rgb(138, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.4%, 0%, 73.8%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -18.24, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 56.26, 108.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.04% -0.0554 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.04% 0.13 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.5955, 27.0450, 6.0016)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9527 #322795

analogous

#956927 #8A9527 #539527

triadic

#8A9527 #278A95 #95278A

tetradic

#8A9527 #279569 #322795 #952753

square

#8A9527 #279569 #322795 #952753

split-complementary

#8A9527 #275395 #692795

monochromatic

#30340E #5D641A #8A9527 #B7C634 #CAD661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8A9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#8A9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9527

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9527	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.130 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb469',
    500: '#8a9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9527;
$custom-light: #afb469;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 58.511,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64044,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9527

secondary

#665DBB

accent

#46E256

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9527

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

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