#A8912E#A8912E

#A8912E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.118 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8912E
RGB	rgb(168, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -2.35, 52.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 53.02, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.94% -0.0117 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(65.94% 0.118 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7684, 28.7743, 6.7283)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8912E #2E45A8

analogous

#A8542E #A8912E #82A82E

triadic

#A8912E #2EA891 #912EA8

tetradic

#A8912E #2EA854 #2E45A8 #A82E82

square

#A8912E #2EA854 #2E45A8 #A82E82

split-complementary

#A8912E #2E82A8 #542EA8

monochromatic

#483E14 #786821 #A8912E #CDB347 #DAC777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A8912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A8912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8912E

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8912E	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)

#A08E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.118 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b06d',
    500: '#a8912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8912e;
$custom-light: #c5b06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.689,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65943,
    "c": 0.11819,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8912E

secondary

#7080C2

accent

#64E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8912E

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

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