#A8892B#A8892B

#A8892B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.115 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8892B
RGB	rgb(168, 137, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.41, 1.89, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.41, 52.07, 87.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.22% 0.0001 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(64.22% 0.115 90)
XYZ	xyz(25.5316, 26.3922, 6.0345)
Luminance	0.2639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8892B #2B4AA8

analogous

#A84B2B #A8892B #89A82B

triadic

#A8892B #2BA889 #892BA8

tetradic

#A8892B #2BA84B #2B4AA8 #A82B89

square

#A8892B #2BA84B #2B4AA8 #A82B89

split-complementary

#A8892B #2B89A8 #4B2BA8

monochromatic

#473A12 #77611F #A8892B #CFAC42 #DBC172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#A8892B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#A8892B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8892B

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8892B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8892B	1.00	3.34	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.34	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)

#99871C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B67D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8892b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 137, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.115 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ab6b',
    500: '#a8892b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8892b;
$custom-light: #c6ab6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8892b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6422,
    "c": 0.11504,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.26391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8892B

secondary

#6C82C2

accent

#6CE245

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8892B

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

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