#A8901E#A8901E

#A8901E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.127 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8901E
RGB	rgb(168, 144, 30)
HSL	hsl(50, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -2.47, 58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 58.37, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0136 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.127 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3575, 28.3666, 5.3150)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8901E #1E36A8

analogous

#A84B1E #A8901E #7BA81E

triadic

#A8901E #1EA890 #901EA8

tetradic

#A8901E #1EA84B #1E36A8 #A81E7B

square

#A8901E #1EA84B #1E36A8 #A81E7B

split-complementary

#A8901E #1E7BA8 #4B1EA8

monochromatic

#40370B #746315 #A8901E #D9BB2A #E2CB5E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A8901E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A8901E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8901E

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8901E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8901E	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69427

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8901e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 144, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.127 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b065',
    500: '#a8901e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8901e;
$custom-light: #c6b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8901e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65627,
    "c": 0.12651,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8901E

secondary

#5B6EC7

accent

#5AED3B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8901E

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

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