#8A7B27#8A7B27

#8A7B27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.104 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7B27
RGB	rgb(138, 123, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, -4.25, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 46.05, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0161 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.104 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9312, 19.7165, 4.7802)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7B27 #27368A

analogous

#8A4A27 #8A7B27 #688A27

triadic

#8A7B27 #278A7B #7B278A

tetradic

#8A7B27 #278A4A #27368A #8A2768

square

#8A7B27 #278A4A #27368A #8A2768

split-complementary

#8A7B27 #27688A #4A278A

monochromatic

#2B260C #5A501A #8A7B27 #BAA634 #D1BF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#8A7B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#8A7B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7B27

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7B27	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87781B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B7D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95726A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 123, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.104 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa067',
    500: '#8a7b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7b27;
$custom-light: #afa067;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5806,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7B27

secondary

#5765B6

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7B27

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

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