#A8912A#A8912A

#A8912A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8912A
RGB	rgb(168, 145, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, -2.55, 54.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 54.56, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.91% -0.0127 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(65.91% 0.121 96)
XYZ	xyz(26.6932, 28.7442, 6.3322)
Luminance	0.2874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8912A #2A41A8

analogous

#A8522A #A8912A #80A82A

triadic

#A8912A #2AA891 #912AA8

tetradic

#A8912A #2AA852 #2A41A8 #A82A80

square

#A8912A #2AA852 #2A41A8 #A82A80

split-complementary

#A8912A #2A80A8 #522AA8

monochromatic

#463C12 #77671E #A8912A #CFB540 #DBC871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A8912A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A8912A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8912A

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8912A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8912A	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8912a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 145, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b06b',
    500: '#a8912a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8912a;
$custom-light: #c6b06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8912a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.048,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65914,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.28743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8912A

secondary

#6B7BC3

accent

#62E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8912A

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

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