#8B9727#8B9727

#8B9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.132 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B9727
RGB	rgb(139, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.9%, 0%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, -18.83, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 57.08, 109.26°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0571 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.132 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0809, 27.7690, 6.1158)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B9727 #332797

analogous

#976B27 #8B9727 #539727

triadic

#8B9727 #278B97 #97278B

tetradic

#8B9727 #27976B #332797 #972753

square

#8B9727 #27976B #332797 #972753

split-complementary

#8B9727 #275397 #6B2797

monochromatic

#31360E #5E661A #8B9727 #B8C834 #CAD662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8B9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#8B9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B9727

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B9727	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#948E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.132 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0b56a',
    500: '#8b9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b9727;
$custom-light: #b0b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64596,
    "c": 0.13225,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B9727

secondary

#685EBC

accent

#46E256

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B9727

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

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