#8A9D27#8A9D27

#8A9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.140 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9D27
RGB	rgb(138, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.1%, 0%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -22.31, 55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 59.79, 111.91°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0667 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.14 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(22.9049, 29.6639, 6.4381)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9D27 #3A279D

analogous

#9D7527 #8A9D27 #4F9D27

triadic

#8A9D27 #278A9D #9D278A

tetradic

#8A9D27 #279D75 #3A279D #9D274F

square

#8A9D27 #279D75 #3A279D #9D274F

split-complementary

#8A9D27 #274F9D #75279D

monochromatic

#343B0F #5F6C1B #8A9D27 #B4CD35 #C6D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#8A9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#8A9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9D27

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9D27	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.140 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb96a',
    500: '#8a9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9d27;
$custom-light: #afb96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.661,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6593,
    "c": 0.1396,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9D27

secondary

#7061BF

accent

#44E35E

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9D27

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

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