#A8991F#A8991F

#A8991F 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	#A8991F
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.68, -7.30, 60.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.68, 60.61, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0271 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.133 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7884, 31.2075, 5.8560)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8991F #1F2EA8

analogous

#A8551F #A8991F #73A81F

triadic

#A8991F #1FA899 #991FA8

tetradic

#A8991F #1FA855 #1F2EA8 #A81F73

square

#A8991F #1FA855 #1F2EA8 #A81F73

split-complementary

#A8991F #1F73A8 #551FA8

monochromatic

#413B0C #746A15 #A8991F #D8C52C #E2D360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#A8991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#A8991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8991F

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8991F	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)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.133 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b667',
    500: '#a8991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8991f;
$custom-light: #c6b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.431,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67582,
    "c": 0.13279,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8991F

secondary

#5D68C6

accent

#4FEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8991F

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

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