#A8942E#A8942E

#A8942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.120 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8942E
RGB	rgb(168, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.9%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.40, -3.98, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.40, 53.92, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.59% -0.0163 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(66.59% 0.12 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2328, 29.7033, 6.8831)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8942E #2E42A8

analogous

#A8572E #A8942E #7FA82E

triadic

#A8942E #2EA894 #942EA8

tetradic

#A8942E #2EA857 #2E42A8 #A82E7F

square

#A8942E #2EA857 #2E42A8 #A82E7F

split-complementary

#A8942E #2E7FA8 #572EA8

monochromatic

#483F14 #786A21 #A8942E #CDB747 #DAC977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A8942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A8942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8942E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8942E	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)

#A3901E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.120 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b36e',
    500: '#a8942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8942e;
$custom-light: #c5b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66589,
    "c": 0.12042,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8942E

secondary

#707EC2

accent

#61E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8942E

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

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