#8A7327#8A7327

#8A7327 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.098 H 91.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7327
RGB	rgb(138, 115, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 0.27, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 43.57, 89.64°)
OKLab	oklab(56.28% -0.0032 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(56.28% 0.098 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9791, 17.8122, 4.4628)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7327 #273E8A

analogous

#8A4227 #8A7327 #6F8A27

triadic

#8A7327 #278A73 #73278A

tetradic

#8A7327 #278A42 #273E8A #8A276F

square

#8A7327 #278A42 #273E8A #8A276F

split-complementary

#8A7327 #276F8A #42278A

monochromatic

#2B230C #5A4B1A #8A7327 #BA9B34 #D1B55B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#8A7327 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#8A7327 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A7327

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7327	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A7327	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80711D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7327;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 115, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.098 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9b66',
    500: '#8a7327',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7327;
$custom-light: #af9b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7327",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.061,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56282,
    "c": 0.0976,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7327

secondary

#576DB6

accent

#6CDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7327

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

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