#8A7727#8A7727

#8A7727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.100 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7727
RGB	rgb(138, 119, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, -2.00, 44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 44.76, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% -0.0097 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.1 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4451, 18.7443, 4.6182)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7727 #273A8A

analogous

#8A4627 #8A7727 #6C8A27

triadic

#8A7727 #278A77 #77278A

tetradic

#8A7727 #278A46 #273A8A #8A276C

square

#8A7727 #278A46 #273A8A #8A276C

split-complementary

#8A7727 #276C8A #46278A

monochromatic

#2B250C #5A4E1A #8A7727 #BAA034 #D1BA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#8A7727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#8A7727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7727

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7727	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83741C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 119, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.100 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9d66',
    500: '#8a7727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7727;
$custom-light: #af9d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.485,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57166,
    "c": 0.10042,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7727

secondary

#5769B6

accent

#65DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7727

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

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