#A8961E#A8961E

#A8961E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.131 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8961E
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 30)
HSL	hsl(52, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -5.72, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 60.01, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0228 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.131 100)
XYZ	xyz(27.2905, 30.2326, 5.6260)
Luminance	0.3023 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8961E #1E30A8

analogous

#A8511E #A8961E #75A81E

triadic

#A8961E #1EA896 #961EA8

tetradic

#A8961E #1EA851 #1E30A8 #A81E75

square

#A8961E #1EA851 #1E30A8 #A81E75

split-complementary

#A8961E #1E75A8 #511EA8

monochromatic

#40390B #746815 #A8961E #D9C22A #E2D15E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A8961E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#A8961E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8961E

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8961E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8961E	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8961e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.131 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b466',
    500: '#a8961e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8961e;
$custom-light: #c6b466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8961e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66923,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.30231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8961E

secondary

#5B69C7

accent

#52ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8961E

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

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