#A8942A#A8942A

#A8942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.123 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8942A
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.37, -4.17, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.37, 55.44, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.56% -0.0173 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(66.56% 0.123 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1576, 29.6732, 6.4871)
Luminance	0.2967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8942A #2A3EA8

analogous

#A8552A #A8942A #7DA82A

triadic

#A8942A #2AA894 #942AA8

tetradic

#A8942A #2AA855 #2A3EA8 #A82A7D

square

#A8942A #2AA855 #2A3EA8 #A82A7D

split-complementary

#A8942A #2A7DA8 #552AA8

monochromatic

#463E12 #77691E #A8942A #CFB840 #DBCB71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A8942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#A8942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8942A

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8942A	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.123 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36b',
    500: '#a8942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8942a;
$custom-light: #c6b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.476,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6656,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8942A

secondary

#6B79C3

accent

#5EE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8942A

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

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