#A1997E#A1997E

#A1997E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.039 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1997E
RGB	rgb(161, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(46, 16%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 22%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 21.7%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.23, -1.64, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.23, 15.36, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0024 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.039 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8550, 31.8664, 24.3127)
Luminance	0.3187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1997E #7E86A1

analogous

#A1887E #A1997E #98A17E

triadic

#A1997E #7EA199 #997EA1

tetradic

#A1997E #7EA188 #7E86A1 #A17E98

square

#A1997E #7EA188 #7E86A1 #A17E98

split-complementary

#A1997E #7E98A1 #887EA1

monochromatic

#5F5945 #837B5F #A1997E #BBB5A1 #D5D1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#A1997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#A1997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1997E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1997E	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F987C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19A7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A79592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.039 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bdb7a3',
    500: '#a1997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1997e;
$custom-light: #bdb7a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 15.695,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.03919,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1997E

secondary

#B6B9C5

accent

#80B86F

background

#FBFBFA

surface

#F6F6F3

border

#D0D0CD

text

#12110F

muted

#81807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1997E

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

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