#A8871C#A8871C

#A8871C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.122 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8871C
RGB	rgb(168, 135, 28)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 2.41, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 56.87, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.7% 0 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(63.7% 0.122 90)
XYZ	xyz(25.0236, 25.7383, 4.7484)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8871C #1C3DA8

analogous

#A8411C #A8871C #83A81C

triadic

#A8871C #1CA887 #871CA8

tetradic

#A8871C #1CA841 #1C3DA8 #A81C83

square

#A8871C #1CA841 #1C3DA8 #A81C83

split-complementary

#A8871C #1C83A8 #411CA8

monochromatic

#3F330B #745D13 #A8871C #DBB026 #E4C35B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A8871C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A8871C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8871C

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8871C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8871C	1.00	3.42	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77B73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8871c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 135, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.122 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a963',
    500: '#a8871c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8871c;
$custom-light: #c6a963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8871c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63704,
    "c": 0.12209,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.25737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8871C

secondary

#5873C7

accent

#64EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8871C

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

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