#A8911F#A8911F

#A8911F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.127 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8911F
RGB	rgb(168, 145, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, -2.98, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 58.33, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.015 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.127 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5226, 28.6760, 5.4341)
Luminance	0.2868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8911F #1F36A8

analogous

#A84D1F #A8911F #7BA81F

triadic

#A8911F #1FA891 #911FA8

tetradic

#A8911F #1FA84D #1F36A8 #A81F7B

square

#A8911F #1FA84D #1F36A8 #A81F7B

split-complementary

#A8911F #1F7BA8 #4D1FA8

monochromatic

#41380C #746415 #A8911F #D8BB2C #E2CC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#A8911F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.74

#A8911F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8911F

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8911F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8911F	1.00	3.12	6.74	6.74
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8911f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 145, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.127 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b066',
    500: '#a8911f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8911f;
$custom-light: #c6b066;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8911f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.927,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65847,
    "c": 0.12673,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8911F

secondary

#5D6EC6

accent

#5AEC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8911F

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

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