#A8953D#A8953D

#A8953D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.110 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8953D
RGB	rgb(168, 149, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.79, -3.65, 47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.79, 47.87, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.94% -0.0136 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(66.94% 0.11 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7394, 30.1579, 8.7739)
Luminance	0.3016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8953D #3D50A8

analogous

#A8603D #A8953D #85A83D

triadic

#A8953D #3DA895 #953DA8

tetradic

#A8953D #3DA860 #3D50A8 #A83D85

square

#A8953D #3DA860 #3D50A8 #A83D85

split-complementary

#A8953D #3D85A8 #603DA8

monochromatic

#4E451C #7B6D2D #A8953D #C4B25E #D5C88B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A8953D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A8953D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8953D

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8953D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8953D	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)

#A39233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8953d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 149, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.110 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b376',
    500: '#a8953d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8953d;
$custom-light: #c5b376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8953d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.346,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66939,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8953D

secondary

#818CBF

accent

#69D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8953D

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

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