#8D9D27#8D9D27

#8D9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.138 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9D27
RGB	rgb(141, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(68, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 75.2%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -21.02, 55.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 59.59, 110.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.17% -0.0633 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.17% 0.138 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.4083, 29.9234, 6.4617)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9D27 #37279D

analogous

#9D7227 #8D9D27 #529D27

triadic

#8D9D27 #278D9D #9D278D

tetradic

#8D9D27 #279D72 #37279D #9D2752

square

#8D9D27 #279D72 #37279D #9D2752

split-complementary

#8D9D27 #27529D #72279D

monochromatic

#353B0F #616C1B #8D9D27 #B8CD35 #C9D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#8D9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#8D9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9D27

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9D27	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8940D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.138 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b96a',
    500: '#8d9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9d27;
$custom-light: #b2b96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.136,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66167,
    "c": 0.13847,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9D27

secondary

#6E61BF

accent

#44E35A

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9D27

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

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