#8A7927#8A7927

#8A7927 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.102 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7927
RGB	rgb(138, 121, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.3%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.95, -3.13, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.95, 45.39, 93.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0129 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.102 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6857, 19.2254, 4.6984)
Luminance	0.1923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7927 #27388A

analogous

#8A4827 #8A7927 #6A8A27

triadic

#8A7927 #278A79 #79278A

tetradic

#8A7927 #278A48 #27388A #8A276A

square

#8A7927 #278A48 #27388A #8A276A

split-complementary

#8A7927 #276A8A #48278A

monochromatic

#2B250C #5A4F1A #8A7927 #BAA334 #D1BC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#8A7927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#8A7927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7927

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7927	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85761B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 121, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.102 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af9f66',
    500: '#8a7927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7927;
$custom-light: #af9f66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.697,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57612,
    "c": 0.10198,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7927

secondary

#5767B6

accent

#62DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7927

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

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