#8A7527#8A7527

#8A7527 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.099 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7527
RGB	rgb(138, 117, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, -0.87, 44.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 44.15, 91.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.72% -0.0064 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(56.72% 0.099 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2096, 18.2733, 4.5397)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7527 #273C8A

analogous

#8A4427 #8A7527 #6D8A27

triadic

#8A7527 #278A75 #75278A

tetradic

#8A7527 #278A44 #273C8A #8A276D

square

#8A7527 #278A44 #273C8A #8A276D

split-complementary

#8A7527 #276D8A #44278A

monochromatic

#2B240C #5A4D1A #8A7527 #BA9D34 #D1B85B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#8A7527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#8A7527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7527

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7527	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82731C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87792B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 117, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.099 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9c66',
    500: '#8a7527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7527;
$custom-light: #af9c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56722,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7527

secondary

#576BB6

accent

#69DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7527

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

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