#8D9427#8D9427

#8D9427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.128 H 113.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9427
RGB	rgb(141, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(64, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.7%, 0%, 73.6%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -16.40, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 55.73, 107.12°)
OKLab	oklab(64.06% -0.0504 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.06% 0.128 113.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.9413, 26.9895, 5.9727)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9427 #2E2794

analogous

#946527 #8D9427 #579427

triadic

#8D9427 #278D94 #94278D

tetradic

#8D9427 #279465 #2E2794 #942757

square

#8D9427 #279465 #2E2794 #942757

split-complementary

#8D9427 #275794 #652794

monochromatic

#31330D #5F641A #8D9427 #BBC434 #CED560

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#8D9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#8D9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9427

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9427	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#978B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.128 113.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1b369',
    500: '#8d9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9427;
$custom-light: #b1b369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.853,
    "s": 58.289,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64062,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 113.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9427

secondary

#625CBB

accent

#46E250

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F5EB

border

#D0CFC6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9427

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

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