#A8984E#A8984E

#A8984E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.097 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8984E
RGB	rgb(168, 152, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 53.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, -3.95, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 40.84, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0124 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.097 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7528, 31.3325, 11.7395)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8984E #4E5EA8

analogous

#A86B4E #A8984E #8BA84E

triadic

#A8984E #4EA898 #984EA8

tetradic

#A8984E #4EA86B #4E5EA8 #A84E8B

square

#A8984E #4EA86B #4E5EA8 #A84E8B

split-complementary

#A8984E #4E8BA8 #6B4EA8

monochromatic

#544C27 #7E723B #A8984E #BFB275 #D2C99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A8984E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#A8984E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8984E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8984E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8984E	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8984e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 152, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.097 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b681',
    500: '#a8984e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8984e;
$custom-light: #c4b681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8984e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67786,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8984E

secondary

#939BBF

accent

#6FCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8984E

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

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