#8A7A27#8A7A27

#8A7A27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.103 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7A27
RGB	rgb(138, 122, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.6%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -3.69, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 45.71, 94.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.84% -0.0145 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(57.84% 0.103 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8078, 19.4697, 4.7391)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7A27 #27378A

analogous

#8A4927 #8A7A27 #698A27

triadic

#8A7A27 #278A7A #7A278A

tetradic

#8A7A27 #278A49 #27378A #8A2769

square

#8A7A27 #278A49 #27378A #8A2769

split-complementary

#8A7A27 #27698A #49278A

monochromatic

#2B260C #5A501A #8A7A27 #BAA434 #D1BE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#8A7A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#8A7A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7A27

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7A27	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86771B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957169

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 122, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.103 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa066',
    500: '#8a7a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7a27;
$custom-light: #afa066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.303,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57835,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7A27

secondary

#5766B6

accent

#61DF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7A27

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

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