#8D8727#8D8727

#8D8727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.115 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8D8727
RGB	rgb(141, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 72.3%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, -9.49, 49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 50.52, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0311 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.115 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(20.0155, 23.1379, 5.3308)
Luminance	0.2314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8D8727 #272D8D

analogous

#8D5427 #8D8727 #608D27

triadic

#8D8727 #278D87 #87278D

tetradic

#8D8727 #278D54 #272D8D #8D2760

square

#8D8727 #278D54 #272D8D #8D2760

split-complementary

#8D8727 #27608D #54278D

monochromatic

#2D2B0C #5D591A #8D8727 #BDB534 #D2CB5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#8D8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#8D8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8D8727

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8D8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8D8727	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95862E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#987E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8d8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(141, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.115 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1a968',
    500: '#8d8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8d8727;
$custom-light: #b1a968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8d8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 141,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61066,
    "c": 0.11451,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8D8727

secondary

#595EB7

accent

#51E048

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8D8727

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

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