#A0891B#A0891B

#A0891B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.122 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0891B
RGB	rgb(160, 137, 27)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 83.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.51, -2.39, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.51, 56.61, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0133 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.122 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.6420, 25.4454, 4.7029)
Luminance	0.2544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0891B #1B32A0

analogous

#A0471B #A0891B #75A01B

triadic

#A0891B #1BA089 #891BA0

tetradic

#A0891B #1BA047 #1B32A0 #A01B75

square

#A0891B #1BA047 #1B32A0 #A01B75

split-complementary

#A0891B #1B75A0 #471BA0

monochromatic

#372F09 #6C5C12 #A0891B #D4B624 #E2C953

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A0891B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A0891B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0891B

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0891B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0891B	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8D23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7E75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0891b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 137, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.122 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0ab63',
    500: '#a0891b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0891b;
$custom-light: #c0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0891b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63292,
    "c": 0.12249,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0891B

secondary

#5266C5

accent

#59EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F4EB

border

#D1CEC6

text

#131006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0891B

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

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