#8B7727#8B7727

#8B7727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.101 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B7727
RGB	rgb(139, 119, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.49, -1.53, 44.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.49, 44.87, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.0084 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.101 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6114, 18.8301, 4.6260)
Luminance	0.1883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B7727 #273B8B

analogous

#8B4527 #8B7727 #6D8B27

triadic

#8B7727 #278B77 #77278B

tetradic

#8B7727 #278B45 #273B8B #8B276D

square

#8B7727 #278B45 #273B8B #8B276D

split-complementary

#8B7727 #276D8B #45278B

monochromatic

#2B250C #5B4E1A #8B7727 #BBA034 #D1BA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#8B7727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.77

#8B7727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B7727

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B7727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B7727	1.00	4.41	4.77	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84751C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#966E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b7727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 119, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.101 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b09d66',
    500: '#8b7727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b7727;
$custom-light: #b09d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b7727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57269,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B7727

secondary

#586BB6

accent

#67DF48

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B7727

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

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