#A8981E#A8981E

#A8981E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.132 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8981E
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, -6.79, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 60.60, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0258 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6124, 30.8764, 5.7333)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8981E #1E2EA8

analogous

#A8531E #A8981E #73A81E

triadic

#A8981E #1EA898 #981EA8

tetradic

#A8981E #1EA853 #1E2EA8 #A81E73

square

#A8981E #1EA853 #1E2EA8 #A81E73

split-complementary

#A8981E #1E73A8 #531EA8

monochromatic

#403A0B #746915 #A8981E #D9C52A #E2D35E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A8981E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A8981E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8981E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8981E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8981E	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8981e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b566',
    500: '#a8981e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8981e;
$custom-light: #c6b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8981e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67359,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8981E

secondary

#5B68C7

accent

#50ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8981E

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

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