#8D8E27#8D8E27

#8D8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.122 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8E27
RGB	rgb(141, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 0%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.23, -13.24, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.23, 53.25, 104.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.67% -0.0416 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.67% 0.122 110)
XYZ	xyz(21.0244, 25.1558, 5.6671)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8E27 #28278E

analogous

#8E5C27 #8D8E27 #598E27

triadic

#8D8E27 #278D8E #8E278D

tetradic

#8D8E27 #278E5C #28278E #8E2759

square

#8D8E27 #278E5C #28278E #8E2759

split-complementary

#8D8E27 #27598E #5C278E

monochromatic

#2E2E0D #5D5E1A #8D8E27 #BDBE34 #D1D25D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#8D8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#8D8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8E27

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8E27	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#97857A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.122 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1ae69',
    500: '#8d8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8e27;
$custom-light: #b1ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.583,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62672,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.25155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8E27

secondary

#5A59B8

accent

#48E049

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111007

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8E27

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

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