#8D7727#8D7727

#8D7727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.101 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D7727
RGB	rgb(141, 119, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.69, -0.61, 45.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.69, 45.12, 90.77°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% -0.0059 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.101 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9485, 19.0039, 4.6418)
Luminance	0.1900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D7727 #273D8D

analogous

#8D4427 #8D7727 #708D27

triadic

#8D7727 #278D77 #77278D

tetradic

#8D7727 #278D44 #273D8D #8D2770

square

#8D7727 #278D44 #273D8D #8D2770

split-complementary

#8D7727 #27708D #44278D

monochromatic

#2D260C #5D4F1A #8D7727 #BD9F34 #D2B95C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#8D7727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#8D7727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D7727

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D7727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D7727	1.00	4.37	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84751C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#996D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d7727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 119, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.101 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b29d66',
    500: '#8d7727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d7727;
$custom-light: #b29d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d7727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.059,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57478,
    "c": 0.10087,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D7727

secondary

#596DB7

accent

#69E048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110E06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D7727

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

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