#8A9727#8A9727

#8A9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.133 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9727
RGB	rgb(138, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.60, -19.27, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.60, 57.13, 109.71°)
OKLab	oklab(64.51% -0.0582 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(64.51% 0.133 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.9146, 27.6833, 6.1080)
Luminance	0.2768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9727 #342797

analogous

#976C27 #8A9727 #529727

triadic

#8A9727 #278A97 #97278A

tetradic

#8A9727 #27976C #342797 #972752

square

#8A9727 #27976C #342797 #972752

split-complementary

#8A9727 #275297 #6C2797

monochromatic

#31360E #5E661A #8A9727 #B6C834 #C9D662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#8A9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#8A9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9727

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9727	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.133 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb56a',
    500: '#8a9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9727;
$custom-light: #afb56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.964,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64514,
    "c": 0.13259,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9727

secondary

#695EBC

accent

#46E258

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9727

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

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