#8A9927#8A9927

#8A9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.135 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9927
RGB	rgb(138, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.8%, 0%, 74.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -20.29, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 58.01, 110.47°)
OKLab	oklab(64.99% -0.0611 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(64.99% 0.135 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.2392, 28.3325, 6.2162)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9927 #362799

analogous

#996F27 #8A9927 #519927

triadic

#8A9927 #278A99 #99278A

tetradic

#8A9927 #27996F #362799 #992751

square

#8A9927 #27996F #362799 #992751

split-complementary

#8A9927 #275199 #6F2799

monochromatic

#32370E #5E681B #8A9927 #B6CA33 #C8D763

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#8A9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#8A9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9927

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9927	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939083

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.135 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb76a',
    500: '#8a9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9927;
$custom-light: #afb76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.895,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64985,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9927

secondary

#6B5FBD

accent

#45E35A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9927

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

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