#8A9A27#8A9A27

#8A9A27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.136 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9A27
RGB	rgb(138, 154, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.4%, 0%, 74.7%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -20.80, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 58.45, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(65.22% -0.0625 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(65.22% 0.136 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.4036, 28.6612, 6.2710)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9A27 #37279A

analogous

#9A7027 #8A9A27 #509A27

triadic

#8A9A27 #278A9A #9A278A

tetradic

#8A9A27 #279A70 #37279A #9A2750

square

#8A9A27 #279A70 #37279A #9A2750

split-complementary

#8A9A27 #27509A #70279A

monochromatic

#32380E #5E691B #8A9A27 #B6CB33 #C8D864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#8A9A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#8A9A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9A27

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9A27	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5910F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939184

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 154, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.136 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb76a',
    500: '#8a9a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9a27;
$custom-light: #afb76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.348,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65221,
    "c": 0.13608,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9A27

secondary

#6D5FBD

accent

#45E35B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9A27

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

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