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Tailwind amber-950

Tailwind amber-950 is oklch(27.9% 0.077 45.635) in Tailwind CSS 4.3.3, which is #461901 in hex and rgb(70 25 1). White text on it reaches 15.00:1, passing WCAG AAA. Recolor (recolor.page) shows it on a real page below.

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#461901amber-950
From the theme file of Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 (--color-amber-950), converted with Recolor's color code, October 9, 2026
FormatValue
OKLCH, as Tailwind writes itoklch(27.9% 0.077 45.635)
Hex#461901
RGBrgb(70 25 1)
HSLhsl(21 97% 14%)
CSS variablevar(--color-amber-950)
Nearest CSS namemaroon #800000, 0.128 away in OKLab
White text15.00:1: AA passes, AAA passes, large text passes
Black text1.40:1: AA fails, AAA fails, large text fails

About amber-950

Tailwind amber-950 is a very dark brown: OKLCH lightness 27.9%, chroma 0.077, hue 45.6 degrees. It closes the amber scale as its darkest shade, 13.5 points of lightness below amber-900.

HSL calls its lightness 14%, OKLCH 27.9%: 14 points between a formula and a measure of what the eye sees. Its value fits inside sRGB, so #461901 is the same color, not an approximation.

White text on amber-950 measures 15.00:1, past the 7:1 of WCAG AAA, while black text manages only 1.40:1. White text passes on every amber shade from amber-700 down, so amber-950 is 3 shades past the line.

No CSS named color comes near it: the closest, maroon (#800000), is 0.128 away in OKLab.

Tints and shades

  1. #dfd5d0
  2. #c0aca4
  3. #a18579
  4. #826050
  5. #643c29
  6. #461901
  7. #351101
  8. #250900
  9. #150400
  10. #070100
  11. #010000

From light to dark: 5 toward white and 5 toward black, mixed in OKLCH a sixth of the way at a time with the hue kept. A step that would repeat its neighbor is left out.

A palette around it

  1. #461901
  2. #e79f81
  3. #91411d
  4. #c2f4de
  5. #169f72

Recolor's generator, with amber-950 locked as swatch 1 and the seed taken from its hex, drew a triadic palette, three hues a third of the wheel apart: #e79f81, #91411d, #c2f4de, #169f72. Open it in Recolor.

Using amber-950

Pair it with text-white, 15.00:1; amber-950 as text on a white page measures the same ratio. In CSS it is var(--color-amber-950).

HTML
<a class="bg-amber-950 text-white" href="/start">Get started</a>
<p class="text-amber-950">Text in amber-950</p>

Common questions

Does white text pass WCAG AA on Tailwind amber-950?

Yes. White text measures 15.00:1 on amber-950, above the 4.5:1 that WCAG AA asks of body text, and above AAA's 7:1 too.

Is Tailwind amber-950 defined in OKLCH?

Yes. Tailwind CSS 4.3.3 defines it as --color-amber-950: oklch(27.9% 0.077 45.635); #461901 is its conversion to sRGB.

Is there a CSS named color for Tailwind amber-950?

No. The nearest CSS named color is maroon (#800000), 0.128 away in OKLab.

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