#8F8727#8F8727

#8F8727 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.114 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8F8727
RGB	rgb(143, 135, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 72.7%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.40, -8.58, 49.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.40, 50.59, 99.76°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0286 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.114 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.3587, 23.3149, 5.3469)
Luminance	0.2331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8F8727 #272F8F

analogous

#8F5327 #8F8727 #638F27

triadic

#8F8727 #278F87 #87278F

tetradic

#8F8727 #278F53 #272F8F #8F2763

square

#8F8727 #278F53 #272F8F #8F2763

split-complementary

#8F8727 #27638F #53278F

monochromatic

#2F2C0D #5F5A1A #8F8727 #BFB434 #D3CA5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#8F8727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#8F8727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8F8727

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8F8727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8F8727	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#938217

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96872E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9A7E74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8f8727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(143, 135, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.114 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3a968',
    500: '#8f8727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8f8727;
$custom-light: #b3a968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8f8727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 143,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61254,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8F8727

secondary

#5A61B8

accent

#53E047

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#110F06

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8F8727

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

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