#8D8A27#8D8A27

#8D8A27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.118 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8A27
RGB	rgb(141, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.07, -11.11, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.07, 51.67, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0356 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.118 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4400, 23.9868, 5.4723)
Luminance	0.2399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8A27 #272A8D

analogous

#8D5727 #8D8A27 #5D8D27

triadic

#8D8A27 #278D8A #8A278D

tetradic

#8D8A27 #278D57 #272A8D #8D275D

square

#8D8A27 #278D57 #272A8D #8D275D

split-complementary

#8D8A27 #275D8D #57278D

monochromatic

#2D2C0C #5D5B1A #8D8A27 #BDB934 #D2CF5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#8D8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#8D8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8A27

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8A27	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98882E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.118 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ab68',
    500: '#8d8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8a27;
$custom-light: #b1ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61752,
    "c": 0.11752,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8A27

secondary

#595BB7

accent

#4CE048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8A27

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

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