#8E7E27#8E7E27

#8E7E27 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.106 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7E27
RGB	rgb(142, 126, 39)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 72.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.75, -4.08, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.75, 47.39, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.13% -0.0158 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(59.13% 0.106 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.9833, 20.8199, 4.9378)
Luminance	0.2082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7E27 #27378E

analogous

#8E4B27 #8E7E27 #6A8E27

triadic

#8E7E27 #278E7E #7E278E

tetradic

#8E7E27 #278E4B #27378E #8E276A

square

#8E7E27 #278E4B #27378E #8E276A

split-complementary

#8E7E27 #276A8E #4B278E

monochromatic

#2E290D #5E531A #8E7E27 #BEA934 #D2C05D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#8E7E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#8E7E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8E7E27

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8E7E27	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#99746D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 126, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.106 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b2a367',
    500: '#8e7e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7e27;
$custom-light: #b2a367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.68,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59132,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7E27

secondary

#5968B8

accent

#5FE048

background

#FBF9F6

surface

#F6F2EB

border

#D0CCC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7E27

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

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