#8C9727#8C9727

#8C9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.132 H 115.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8C9727
RGB	rgb(140, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.3%, 0%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, -18.40, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 57.04, 108.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.68% -0.0559 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(64.68% 0.132 115.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.2486, 27.8555, 6.1237)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8C9727 #322797

analogous

#976A27 #8C9727 #549727

triadic

#8C9727 #278C97 #97278C

tetradic

#8C9727 #27976A #322797 #972754

square

#8C9727 #27976A #322797 #972754

split-complementary

#8C9727 #275497 #6A2797

monochromatic

#32360E #5F661A #8C9727 #B9C834 #CBD662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#8C9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#8C9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8C9727

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8C9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8C9727	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958E81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8c9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.132 115.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b56a',
    500: '#8c9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8c9727;
$custom-light: #b1b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8c9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.893,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64678,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 115.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8C9727

secondary

#675EBC

accent

#46E255

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8C9727

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

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