#A8981F#A8981F

#A8981F 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	#A8981F
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.41, -6.76, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.41, 60.31, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.36% -0.0256 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(67.36% 0.132 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6254, 30.8816, 5.8017)
Luminance	0.3088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8981F #1F2FA8

analogous

#A8541F #A8981F #74A81F

triadic

#A8981F #1FA898 #981FA8

tetradic

#A8981F #1FA854 #1F2FA8 #A81F74

square

#A8981F #1FA854 #1F2FA8 #A81F74

split-complementary

#A8981F #1F74A8 #541FA8

monochromatic

#413B0C #746915 #A8981F #D8C42C #E2D260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A8981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#A8981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8981F

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8981F	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)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.132 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b567',
    500: '#a8981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8981f;
$custom-light: #c6b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67363,
    "c": 0.13198,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8981F

secondary

#5D69C6

accent

#51EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8981F

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

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