#A8962A#A8962A

#A8962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8962A
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -5.25, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 56.05, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% -0.0204 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.125 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4740, 30.3060, 6.5925)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8962A #2A3CA8

analogous

#A8572A #A8962A #7BA82A

triadic

#A8962A #2AA896 #962AA8

tetradic

#A8962A #2AA857 #2A3CA8 #A82A7B

square

#A8962A #2AA857 #2A3CA8 #A82A7B

split-complementary

#A8962A #2A7BA8 #572AA8

monochromatic

#463F12 #776A1E #A8962A #CFBB40 #DBCC71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A8962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A8962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8962A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8962A	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b46c',
    500: '#a8962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8962a;
$custom-light: #c6b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66993,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8962A

secondary

#6B78C3

accent

#5BE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8962A

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

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