#A8991E#A8991E

#A8991E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.133 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8991E
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -7.33, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 60.90, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0273 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7754, 31.2023, 5.7877)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8991E #1E2DA8

analogous

#A8541E #A8991E #72A81E

triadic

#A8991E #1EA899 #991EA8

tetradic

#A8991E #1EA854 #1E2DA8 #A81E72

square

#A8991E #1EA854 #1E2DA8 #A81E72

split-complementary

#A8991E #1E72A8 #541EA8

monochromatic

#403A0B #746A15 #A8991E #D9C62A #E2D45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A8991E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A8991E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8991E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8991E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8991E	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8991e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b667',
    500: '#a8991e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8991e;
$custom-light: #c6b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8991e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67577,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8991E

secondary

#5B67C7

accent

#4FED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8991E

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

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