#A8993E#A8993E

#A8993E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.113 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8993E
RGB	rgb(168, 153, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.9%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -5.74, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 48.81, 96.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0195 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.113 100)
XYZ	xyz(28.4103, 31.4563, 9.1317)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8993E #3E4DA8

analogous

#A8643E #A8993E #82A83E

triadic

#A8993E #3EA899 #993EA8

tetradic

#A8993E #3EA864 #3E4DA8 #A83E82

square

#A8993E #3EA864 #3E4DA8 #A83E82

split-complementary

#A8993E #3E82A8 #643EA8

monochromatic

#4F481D #7B702E #A8993E #C4B65F #D5CA8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A8993E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#A8993E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8993E

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8993E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8993E	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)

#A79534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8993e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 153, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.113 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b677',
    500: '#a8993e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8993e;
$custom-light: #c5b677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8993e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.509,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67814,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.31455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8993E

secondary

#838BBF

accent

#65D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8993E

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

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