#A8861C#A8861C

#A8861C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.122 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8861C
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 28)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 2.96, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 56.67, 87.00°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0016 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.122 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8847, 25.4606, 4.7021)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8861C #1C3EA8

analogous

#A8401C #A8861C #84A81C

triadic

#A8861C #1CA886 #861CA8

tetradic

#A8861C #1CA840 #1C3EA8 #A81C84

square

#A8861C #1CA840 #1C3EA8 #A81C84

split-complementary

#A8861C #1C84A8 #401CA8

monochromatic

#3F320B #745C13 #A8861C #DBAF26 #E4C25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A8861C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A8861C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8861C

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8861C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8861C	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)

#978500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8861c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.122 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a863',
    500: '#a8861c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8861c;
$custom-light: #c6a863;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8861c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63494,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8861C

secondary

#5873C7

accent

#65EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8861C

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

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