#8D9C27#8D9C27

#8D9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.137 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9C27
RGB	rgb(141, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 75%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -20.51, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 59.15, 110.29°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0619 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.137 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2398, 29.5864, 6.4056)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9C27 #36279C

analogous

#9C7027 #8D9C27 #529C27

triadic

#8D9C27 #278D9C #9C278D

tetradic

#8D9C27 #279C70 #36279C #9C2752

square

#8D9C27 #279C70 #36279C #9C2752

split-complementary

#8D9C27 #27529C #70279C

monochromatic

#343A0F #616B1B #8D9C27 #B9CC34 #CAD865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#8D9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#8D9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9C27

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9C27	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7930E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.137 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b96a',
    500: '#8d9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9c27;
$custom-light: #b2b96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65932,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9C27

secondary

#6D61BE

accent

#45E359

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9C27

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

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