#A8951D#A8951D

#A8951D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8951D
RGB	rgb(168, 149, 29)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -5.21, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 60.02, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0215 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1191, 29.9098, 5.5069)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8951D #1D30A8

analogous

#A8501D #A8951D #75A81D

triadic

#A8951D #1DA895 #951DA8

tetradic

#A8951D #1DA850 #1D30A8 #A81D75

square

#A8951D #1DA850 #1D30A8 #A81D75

split-complementary

#A8951D #1D75A8 #501DA8

monochromatic

#40380B #746714 #A8951D #DAC228 #E3D15C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A8951D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A8951D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8951D

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8951D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8951D	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8951d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 149, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b366',
    500: '#a8951d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8951d;
$custom-light: #c6b366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8951d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66701,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8951D

secondary

#5A69C7

accent

#53ED3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8951D

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

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