#A8892A#A8892A
#A8892A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.116 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8892A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 137, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 60%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 75%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 75%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(58.40, 1.85, 52.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(58.40, 52.46, 87.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(64.21% -0.0001 0.1157) |
| OKLCH | oklch(64.21% 0.116 90.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(25.5135, 26.3849, 5.9390) |
| Luminance | 0.2638 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 2.84
Yellowy Brown
#AE8B0C
ΔE00 2.90
Diarrhea
#9F8303
ΔE00 3.58
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.92
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.34
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8892A #2A49A8
analogous
#A84A2A #A8892A #88A82A
triadic
#A8892A #2AA889 #892AA8
tetradic
#A8892A #2AA84A #2A49A8 #A82A88
square
#A8892A #2AA84A #2A49A8 #A82A88
split-complementary
#A8892A #2A88A8 #4A2AA8
monochromatic
#463912 #77611E #A8892A #CFAC40 #DBC171
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.35
#A8892A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
6.28
#A8892A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗
Best text color
#000000 on #A8892A
6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8892A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8892A | 1.00 | 3.35 | 6.28 | 6.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.35 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 6.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 6.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#99871B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A0902F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B67D76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8C8C8C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8892a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 137, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.116 90.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ab6a',
500: '#a8892a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8892a; $custom-light: #c6ab6a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8892a",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 137,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.238,
"s": 60,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.64212,
"c": 0.11567,
"h": 90.1
},
"luminance": 0.26383
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8892A
secondary
#6B81C3
accent
#6CE345
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#131007
muted
#827F7A