#8A8127#8A8127

#8A8127 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.109 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8127
RGB	rgb(138, 129, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -7.58, 47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 48.16, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0255 0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.109 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6985, 21.2510, 5.0360)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8127 #27308A

analogous

#8A4F27 #8A8127 #628A27

triadic

#8A8127 #278A81 #81278A

tetradic

#8A8127 #278A4F #27308A #8A2762

square

#8A8127 #278A4F #27308A #8A2762

split-complementary

#8A8127 #27628A #4F278A

monochromatic

#2B280C #5A541A #8A8127 #BAAE34 #D1C65B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#8A8127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#8A8127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8127

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8127	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D7D19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#95786F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 129, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.109 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa567',
    500: '#8a8127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8127;
$custom-light: #afa567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59416,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8127

secondary

#5760B6

accent

#56DF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8127

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

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