#A8881C#A8881C

#A8881C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.123 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8881C
RGB	rgb(168, 136, 28)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(46, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.05, 1.86, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.05, 57.08, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0015 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.123 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.1638, 26.0186, 4.7951)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8881C #1C3CA8

analogous

#A8421C #A8881C #82A81C

triadic

#A8881C #1CA888 #881CA8

tetradic

#A8881C #1CA842 #1C3CA8 #A81C82

square

#A8881C #1CA842 #1C3CA8 #A81C82

split-complementary

#A8881C #1C82A8 #421CA8

monochromatic

#3F330B #745E13 #A8881C #DBB226 #E4C45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#A8881C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#A8881C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8881C

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8881C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8881C	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B77C74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8881c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 136, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.123 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6aa63',
    500: '#a8881c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8881c;
$custom-light: #c6aa63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8881c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63914,
    "c": 0.1226,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8881C

secondary

#5872C7

accent

#63EE3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8881C

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

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