#A8992B#A8992B

#A8992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.126 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8992B
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, -6.82, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 56.64, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.65% -0.0247 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.65% 0.126 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9770, 31.2830, 6.8496)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8992B #2B3AA8

analogous

#A85B2B #A8992B #79A82B

triadic

#A8992B #2BA899 #992BA8

tetradic

#A8992B #2BA85B #2B3AA8 #A82B79

square

#A8992B #2BA85B #2B3AA8 #A82B79

split-complementary

#A8992B #2B79A8 #5B2BA8

monochromatic

#474012 #776D1F #A8992B #CFBE42 #DBCE72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A8992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A8992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8992B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8992B	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.126 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b66d',
    500: '#a8992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8992b;
$custom-light: #c5b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67652,
    "c": 0.12637,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8992B

secondary

#6C77C2

accent

#58E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8992B

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

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