#8A9827#8A9827

#8A9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.134 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9827
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 74.3%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.89, -19.78, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.89, 57.57, 110.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% -0.0597 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.134 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.0762, 28.0065, 6.1619)
Luminance	0.2801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9827 #352798

analogous

#986E27 #8A9827 #519827

triadic

#8A9827 #278A98 #98278A

tetradic

#8A9827 #27986E #352798 #982751

square

#8A9827 #27986E #352798 #982751

split-complementary

#8A9827 #275198 #6E2798

monochromatic

#32370E #5E671B #8A9827 #B6C933 #C8D763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8A9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.60

#8A9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9827

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9827	1.00	3.18	6.60	6.60
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29131

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#938F82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.134 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb66a',
    500: '#8a9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9827;
$custom-light: #afb66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.434,
    "s": 59.162,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64749,
    "c": 0.13374,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9827

secondary

#6A5EBC

accent

#45E259

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9827

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

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