#A8951E#A8951E

#A8951E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8951E
RGB	rgb(168, 149, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.58, -5.18, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.58, 59.73, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.71% -0.0213 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(66.71% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1316, 29.9148, 5.5731)
Luminance	0.2991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8951E #1E31A8

analogous

#A8501E #A8951E #76A81E

triadic

#A8951E #1EA895 #951EA8

tetradic

#A8951E #1EA850 #1E31A8 #A81E76

square

#A8951E #1EA850 #1E31A8 #A81E76

split-complementary

#A8951E #1E76A8 #501EA8

monochromatic

#40390B #746715 #A8951E #D9C12A #E2D05E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#A8951E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#A8951E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A8951E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8951E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8951E	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)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6897F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8951e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 149, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b366',
    500: '#a8951e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8951e;
$custom-light: #c6b366;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8951e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66706,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8951E

secondary

#5B6AC7

accent

#54ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8951E

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

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