#A8871D#A8871D

#A8871D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.122 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8871D
RGB	rgb(168, 135, 29)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.79, 2.44, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.79, 56.57, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.71% 0.0002 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(63.71% 0.122 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0357, 25.7432, 4.8124)
Luminance	0.2574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8871D #1D3EA8

analogous

#A8411D #A8871D #83A81D

triadic

#A8871D #1DA887 #871DA8

tetradic

#A8871D #1DA841 #1D3EA8 #A81D83

square

#A8871D #1DA841 #1D3EA8 #A81D83

split-complementary

#A8871D #1D83A8 #411DA8

monochromatic

#40330B #745D14 #A8871D #DAB028 #E3C35C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.42

#A8871D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#A8871D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8871D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8871D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8871D	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)

#A08F24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8871d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 135, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.122 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6a964',
    500: '#a8871d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8871d;
$custom-light: #c6a964;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8871d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63709,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8871D

secondary

#5A74C7

accent

#65ED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8871D

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

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