#8E9727#8E9727

#8E9727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.131 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E9727
RGB	rgb(142, 151, 39)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 74.2%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -17.52, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 56.96, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0536 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.131 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.5888, 28.0309, 6.1396)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8E9727 #302797

analogous

#976827 #8E9727 #569727

triadic

#8E9727 #278E97 #97278E

tetradic

#8E9727 #279768 #302797 #972756

square

#8E9727 #279768 #302797 #972756

split-complementary

#8E9727 #275697 #682797

monochromatic

#33360E #60661A #8E9727 #BCC834 #CDD662

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#8E9727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#8E9727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E9727

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E9727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E9727	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#988E82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e9727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 151, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.131 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2b56a',
    500: '#8e9727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e9727;
$custom-light: #b2b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e9727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.821,
    "s": 58.947,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64845,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E9727

secondary

#655EBC

accent

#46E252

background

#FBFBF6

surface

#F6F6EB

border

#D0D0C6

text

#111107

muted

#80807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E9727

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

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