#8A7827#8A7827

#8A7827 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.101 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7827
RGB	rgb(138, 120, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, -2.56, 45.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 45.07, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% -0.0113 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.101 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.5648, 18.9836, 4.6581)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7827 #27398A

analogous

#8A4727 #8A7827 #6B8A27

triadic

#8A7827 #278A78 #78278A

tetradic

#8A7827 #278A47 #27398A #8A276B

square

#8A7827 #278A47 #27398A #8A276B

split-complementary

#8A7827 #276B8A #47278A

monochromatic

#2B250C #5A4F1A #8A7827 #BAA134 #D1BB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#8A7827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8A7827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7827

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7827	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84751C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#956F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 120, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.101 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9e66',
    500: '#8a7827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7827;
$custom-light: #af9e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57388,
    "c": 0.10119,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7827

secondary

#5768B6

accent

#64DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7827

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

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