#8A9C27#8A9C27

#8A9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.138 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9C27
RGB	rgb(138, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 0%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -21.81, 55.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 59.34, 111.56°)
OKLab	oklab(65.69% -0.0653 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(65.69% 0.138 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.7364, 29.3269, 6.3820)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9C27 #39279C

analogous

#9C7327 #8A9C27 #4F9C27

triadic

#8A9C27 #278A9C #9C278A

tetradic

#8A9C27 #279C73 #39279C #9C274F

square

#8A9C27 #279C73 #39279C #9C274F

split-complementary

#8A9C27 #274F9C #73279C

monochromatic

#333A0F #5F6B1B #8A9C27 #B5CC34 #C7D865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#8A9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#8A9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9C27

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9C27	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7930E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#939386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.138 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb96a',
    500: '#8a9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9c27;
$custom-light: #afb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.231,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65693,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9C27

secondary

#6F61BE

accent

#45E35D

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9C27

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

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