#8A9B27#8A9B27

#8A9B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.137 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9B27
RGB	rgb(138, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 0%, 74.8%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.78, -21.31, 54.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.78, 58.90, 111.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0639 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.137 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.5693, 28.9927, 6.3263)
Luminance	0.2899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9B27 #38279B

analogous

#9B7227 #8A9B27 #509B27

triadic

#8A9B27 #278A9B #9B278A

tetradic

#8A9B27 #279B72 #38279B #9B2750

square

#8A9B27 #279B72 #38279B #9B2750

split-complementary

#8A9B27 #27509B #72279B

monochromatic

#33390E #5E6A1B #8A9B27 #B5CC33 #C7D864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#8A9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#8A9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9B27

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9B27	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6920F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.137 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb86a',
    500: '#8a9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9b27;
$custom-light: #afb86a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.793,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9B27

secondary

#6E60BE

accent

#45E35C

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9B27

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

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