#A8993C#A8993C

#A8993C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.114 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8993C
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 60)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -5.87, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 49.71, 96.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.79% -0.0201 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.79% 0.114 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3565, 31.4348, 8.8479)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8993C #3C4BA8

analogous

#A8633C #A8993C #81A83C

triadic

#A8993C #3CA899 #993CA8

tetradic

#A8993C #3CA863 #3C4BA8 #A83C81

square

#A8993C #3CA863 #3C4BA8 #A83C81

split-complementary

#A8993C #3C81A8 #633CA8

monochromatic

#4E471C #7B702C #A8993C #C5B65C #D5CB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A8993C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A8993C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8993C

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8993C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8993C	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8993c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.114 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b676',
    500: '#a8993c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8993c;
$custom-light: #c5b676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8993c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67794,
    "c": 0.11416,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8993C

secondary

#8089BF

accent

#63D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8993C

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

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