#A8953B#A8953B

#A8953B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.112 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8953B
RGB	rgb(168, 149, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -3.78, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 48.77, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0142 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.112 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.6865, 30.1368, 8.4955)
Luminance	0.3014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8953B #3B4EA8

analogous

#A85E3B #A8953B #85A83B

triadic

#A8953B #3BA895 #953BA8

tetradic

#A8953B #3BA85E #3B4EA8 #A83B85

square

#A8953B #3BA85E #3B4EA8 #A83B85

split-complementary

#A8953B #3B85A8 #5E3BA8

monochromatic

#4D451B #7B6D2B #A8953B #C5B35B #D5C888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A8953B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A8953B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8953B

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8953B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8953B	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8953b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 149, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.112 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b375',
    500: '#a8953b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8953b;
$custom-light: #c5b375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8953b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66919,
    "c": 0.11159,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8953B

secondary

#7F8AC0

accent

#68D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8953B

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

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