#A8861D#A8861D

#A8861D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8861D
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 29)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 3.00, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 56.36, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.0018 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.121 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.8969, 25.4654, 4.7662)
Luminance	0.2546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8861D #1D3FA8

analogous

#A8411D #A8861D #84A81D

triadic

#A8861D #1DA886 #861DA8

tetradic

#A8861D #1DA841 #1D3FA8 #A81D84

square

#A8861D #1DA841 #1D3FA8 #A81D84

split-complementary

#A8861D #1D84A8 #411DA8

monochromatic

#40330B #745C14 #A8861D #DAAE28 #E3C25C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A8861D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A8861D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8861D

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8861D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8861D	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)

#9F8E24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8861d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a864',
    500: '#a8861d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8861d;
$custom-light: #c6a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8861d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63499,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8861D

secondary

#5A74C7

accent

#66ED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8861D

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

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