#8D7527#8D7527

#8D7527 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.100 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7527
RGB	rgb(141, 117, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.14, 0.53, 44.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.14, 44.56, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% -0.0026 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.1 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7130, 18.5328, 4.5633)
Luminance	0.1853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7527 #273F8D

analogous

#8D4227 #8D7527 #728D27

triadic

#8D7527 #278D75 #75278D

tetradic

#8D7527 #278D42 #273F8D #8D2772

square

#8D7527 #278D42 #273F8D #8D2772

split-complementary

#8D7527 #27728D #42278D

monochromatic

#2D250C #5D4D1A #8D7527 #BD9D34 #D2B65C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#8D7527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#8D7527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7527

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7527	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82731C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#887A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996B65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 117, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.100 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29c66',
    500: '#8d7527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7527;
$custom-light: #b29c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5704,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7527

secondary

#596FB7

accent

#6CE048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7527

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

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