#A1997A#A1997A

#A1997A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.044 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1997A
RGB	rgb(161, 153, 122)
HSL	hsl(48, 17%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 24%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 24.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.15, -2.24, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.15, 17.53, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0041 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.044 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6021, 31.7653, 22.9805)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1997A #7A82A1

analogous

#A1857A #A1997A #95A17A

triadic

#A1997A #7AA199 #997AA1

tetradic

#A1997A #7AA185 #7A82A1 #A17A95

square

#A1997A #7AA185 #7A82A1 #A17A95

split-complementary

#A1997A #7A95A1 #857AA1

monochromatic

#5E5843 #827A5C #A1997A #BAB49E #D4D0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#A1997A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#A1997A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1997A

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1997A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1997A	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09778

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1997a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 153, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.044 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb7a0',
    500: '#a1997a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1997a;
$custom-light: #bdb7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1997a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 17.181,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68155,
    "c": 0.04447,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1997A

secondary

#B3B7C4

accent

#7EBA6E

background

#FBFBF9

surface

#F6F6F2

border

#D0D0CC

text

#12110E

muted

#81807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1997A

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

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