#8D9E27#8D9E27

#8D9E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.140 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D9E27
RGB	rgb(141, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(69, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(69, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.8%, 0%, 75.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -21.53, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 60.03, 111.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0647 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.14 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5781, 30.2632, 6.5183)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D9E27 #38279E

analogous

#9E7327 #8D9E27 #519E27

triadic

#8D9E27 #278D9E #9E278D

tetradic

#8D9E27 #279E73 #38279E #9E2751

square

#8D9E27 #279E73 #38279E #9E2751

split-complementary

#8D9E27 #27519E #73279E

monochromatic

#353C0F #616D1B #8D9E27 #B7CD35 #C9D966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#8D9E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#8D9E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8D9E27

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D9E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D9E27	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#969587

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d9e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.140 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2ba6b',
    500: '#8d9e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d9e27;
$custom-light: #b2ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d9e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66402,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D9E27

secondary

#6F62BF

accent

#44E45B

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EC

border

#D0D0C7

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D9E27

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

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