#A8911D#A8911D

#A8911D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.128 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8911D
RGB	rgb(168, 145, 29)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -3.05, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 58.93, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% -0.0154 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.128 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4971, 28.6658, 5.2996)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8911D #1D34A8

analogous

#A84B1D #A8911D #79A81D

triadic

#A8911D #1DA891 #911DA8

tetradic

#A8911D #1DA84B #1D34A8 #A81D79

square

#A8911D #1DA84B #1D34A8 #A81D79

split-complementary

#A8911D #1D79A8 #4B1DA8

monochromatic

#40370B #746414 #A8911D #DABD28 #E3CD5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A8911D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#A8911D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8911D

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8911D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8911D	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8911d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 145, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.128 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b065',
    500: '#a8911d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8911d;
$custom-light: #c6b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8911d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65837,
    "c": 0.12765,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8911D

secondary

#5A6CC7

accent

#58ED3A

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8911D

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

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