#8C8D27#8C8D27

#8C8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C8D27
RGB	rgb(140, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, -13.16, 51.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 52.85, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0413 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.121 110)
XYZ	xyz(20.7070, 24.7723, 5.6098)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C8D27 #28278D

analogous

#8D5B27 #8C8D27 #598D27

triadic

#8C8D27 #278C8D #8D278C

tetradic

#8C8D27 #278D5B #28278D #8D2759

square

#8C8D27 #278D5B #28278D #8D2759

split-complementary

#8C8D27 #27598D #5B278D

monochromatic

#2D2D0C #5C5D1A #8C8D27 #BCBD34 #D1D25C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#8C8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#8C8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C8D27

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C8D27	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#968479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae69',
    500: '#8c8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c8d27;
$custom-light: #b1ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.588,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62352,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.24772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C8D27

secondary

#5A59B7

accent

#48E049

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C8D27

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

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