#8D8D27#8D8D27

#8D8D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8D27
RGB	rgb(141, 141, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.94, -12.71, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.94, 52.85, 103.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.44% -0.0401 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(62.44% 0.121 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.8763, 24.8596, 5.6177)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8D27 #27278D

analogous

#8D5A27 #8D8D27 #5A8D27

triadic

#8D8D27 #278D8D #8D278D

tetradic

#8D8D27 #278D5A #27278D #8D275A

square

#8D8D27 #278D5A #27278D #8D275A

split-complementary

#8D8D27 #275A8D #5A278D

monochromatic

#2D2D0C #5D5D1A #8D8D27 #BDBD34 #D2D25C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#8D8D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#8D8D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8D27

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8D27	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978479

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 141, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae69',
    500: '#8d8d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8d27;
$custom-light: #b1ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62441,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8D27

secondary

#5959B7

accent

#48E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8D27

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

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