#8A8727#8A8727

#8A8727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.115 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A8727
RGB	rgb(138, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.2%, 71.7%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.95, -10.85, 49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.95, 50.44, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(60.79% -0.0347 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(60.79% 0.115 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5121, 22.8783, 5.3072)
Luminance	0.2288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A8727 #272A8A

analogous

#8A5627 #8A8727 #5B8A27

triadic

#8A8727 #278A87 #87278A

tetradic

#8A8727 #278A56 #272A8A #8A275B

square

#8A8727 #278A56 #272A8A #8A275B

split-complementary

#8A8727 #275B8A #56278A

monochromatic

#2B2A0C #5A581A #8A8727 #BAB634 #D1CD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#8A8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#8A8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A8727

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A8727	1.00	3.77	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#928217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94852E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#947E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.115 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afa968',
    500: '#8a8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a8727;
$custom-light: #afa968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60788,
    "c": 0.11495,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A8727

secondary

#575AB6

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A8727

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

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