#A8992A#A8992A

#A8992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8992A
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -6.87, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 57.00, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0249 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9589, 31.2757, 6.7542)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8992A #2A39A8

analogous

#A85A2A #A8992A #78A82A

triadic

#A8992A #2AA899 #992AA8

tetradic

#A8992A #2AA85A #2A39A8 #A82A78

square

#A8992A #2AA85A #2A39A8 #A82A78

split-complementary

#A8992A #2A78A8 #5A2AA8

monochromatic

#464012 #776C1E #A8992A #CFBE40 #DBCF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A8992A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#A8992A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8992A

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8992A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8992A	1.00	2.89	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8992a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b66c',
    500: '#a8992a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8992a;
$custom-light: #c6b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8992a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.857,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67646,
    "c": 0.12697,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8992A

secondary

#6B76C3

accent

#58E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8992A

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

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