#A8942C#A8942C

#A8942C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.122 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8942C
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.38, -4.08, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.38, 54.69, 94.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0168 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.122 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1943, 29.6879, 6.6803)
Luminance	0.2969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8942C #2C40A8

analogous

#A8562C #A8942C #7EA82C

triadic

#A8942C #2CA894 #942CA8

tetradic

#A8942C #2CA856 #2C40A8 #A82C7E

square

#A8942C #2CA856 #2C40A8 #A82C7E

split-complementary

#A8942C #2C7EA8 #562CA8

monochromatic

#473F13 #78691F #A8942C #CEB843 #DBCA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A8942C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A8942C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8942C

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8942C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8942C	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3901B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8942c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.122 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b36c',
    500: '#a8942c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8942c;
$custom-light: #c5b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8942c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66574,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8942C

secondary

#6E7BC2

accent

#5FE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8942C

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

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