#A8963B#A8963B

#A8963B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.112 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8963B
RGB	rgb(168, 150, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -4.32, 48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 49.11, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0158 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.112 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8454, 30.4546, 8.5484)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8963B #3B4DA8

analogous

#A8603B #A8963B #84A83B

triadic

#A8963B #3BA896 #963BA8

tetradic

#A8963B #3BA860 #3B4DA8 #A83B84

square

#A8963B #3BA860 #3B4DA8 #A83B84

split-complementary

#A8963B #3B84A8 #603BA8

monochromatic

#4D451B #7B6E2B #A8963B #C5B45B #D5C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A8963B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A8963B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8963B

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8963B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8963B	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58B83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8963b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 150, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.112 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b475',
    500: '#a8963b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8963b;
$custom-light: #c5b475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8963b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.092,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67134,
    "c": 0.11241,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8963B

secondary

#7F8AC0

accent

#67D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8963B

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

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