#A8992D#A8992D

#A8992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8992D
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -6.73, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 55.89, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0242 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0146, 31.2980, 7.0476)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8992D #2D3CA8

analogous

#A85C2D #A8992D #7AA82D

triadic

#A8992D #2DA899 #992DA8

tetradic

#A8992D #2DA85C #2D3CA8 #A82D7A

square

#A8992D #2DA85C #2D3CA8 #A82D7A

split-complementary

#A8992D #2D7AA8 #5C2DA8

monochromatic

#474113 #786D20 #A8992D #CDBD45 #DACE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A8992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A8992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8992D

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8992D	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)

#A8941B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b66e',
    500: '#a8992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8992d;
$custom-light: #c5b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.683,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67666,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8992D

secondary

#6F79C2

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8992D

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

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