#A8861E#A8861E

#A8861E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.121 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8861E
RGB	rgb(168, 134, 30)
HSL	hsl(45, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.2%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.53, 3.03, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.53, 56.05, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% 0.002 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.121 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.9094, 25.4704, 4.8324)
Luminance	0.2547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8861E #1E40A8

analogous

#A8411E #A8861E #85A81E

triadic

#A8861E #1EA886 #861EA8

tetradic

#A8861E #1EA841 #1E40A8 #A81E85

square

#A8861E #1EA841 #1E40A8 #A81E85

split-complementary

#A8861E #1E85A8 #411EA8

monochromatic

#40330B #745D15 #A8861E #D9AE2A #E2C25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#A8861E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#A8861E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8861E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8861E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8861E	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)

#978502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8E25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8861e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 134, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.121 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a864',
    500: '#a8861e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8861e;
$custom-light: #c6a864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8861e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63504,
    "c": 0.12069,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8861E

secondary

#5B76C7

accent

#67ED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8861E

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

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