#A8901F#A8901F

#A8901F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.126 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8901F
RGB	rgb(168, 144, 31)
HSL	hsl(49, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -2.44, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 58.06, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.63% -0.0135 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(65.63% 0.126 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3705, 28.3718, 5.3834)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8901F #1F37A8

analogous

#A84C1F #A8901F #7CA81F

triadic

#A8901F #1FA890 #901FA8

tetradic

#A8901F #1FA84C #1F37A8 #A81F7C

square

#A8901F #1FA84C #1F37A8 #A81F7C

split-complementary

#A8901F #1F7CA8 #4C1FA8

monochromatic

#41370C #746415 #A8901F #D8BA2C #E2CB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#A8901F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#A8901F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8901F

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8901F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8901F	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: #a8901f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 144, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.126 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b066',
    500: '#a8901f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8901f;
$custom-light: #c6b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8901f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65632,
    "c": 0.12604,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8901F

secondary

#5D6FC6

accent

#5BEC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8901F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →