#8B8727#8B8727

#8B8727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.115 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B8727
RGB	rgb(139, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 71.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.04, -10.39, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.04, 50.46, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(60.88% -0.0335 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(60.88% 0.115 107)
XYZ	xyz(19.6784, 22.9641, 5.3150)
Luminance	0.2296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B8727 #272B8B

analogous

#8B5527 #8B8727 #5D8B27

triadic

#8B8727 #278B87 #87278B

tetradic

#8B8727 #278B55 #272B8B #8B275D

square

#8B8727 #278B55 #272B8B #8B275D

split-complementary

#8B8727 #275D8B #55278B

monochromatic

#2B2A0C #5B591A #8B8727 #BBB534 #D1CC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#8B8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#8B8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B8727

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B8727	1.00	3.75	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95852E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#957E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.115 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0a968',
    500: '#8b8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b8727;
$custom-light: #b0a968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6088,
    "c": 0.11478,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.22963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B8727

secondary

#585BB6

accent

#4EDF48

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B8727

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

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