#8A7F27#8A7F27

#8A7F27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.107 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A7F27
RGB	rgb(138, 127, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -6.47, 46.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 47.43, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0224 0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.107 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.4376, 20.7293, 4.9490)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A7F27 #27328A

analogous

#8A4D27 #8A7F27 #648A27

triadic

#8A7F27 #278A7F #7F278A

tetradic

#8A7F27 #278A4D #27328A #8A2764

square

#8A7F27 #278A4D #27328A #8A2764

split-complementary

#8A7F27 #27648A #4D278A

monochromatic

#2B270C #5A531A #8A7F27 #BAAB34 #D1C45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#8A7F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#8A7F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A7F27

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A7F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A7F27	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95766D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a7f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 127, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.107 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa367',
    500: '#8a7f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a7f27;
$custom-light: #afa367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a7f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58962,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A7F27

secondary

#5762B6

accent

#59DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F3EB

border

#D0CDC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A7F27

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

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