#A6971E#A6971E

#A6971E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.132 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6971E
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 81.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -7.16, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 60.17, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0267 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.132 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0282, 30.3352, 5.6597)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6971E #1E2DA6

analogous

#A6531E #A6971E #71A61E

triadic

#A6971E #1EA697 #971EA6

tetradic

#A6971E #1EA653 #1E2DA6 #A61E71

square

#A6971E #1EA653 #1E2DA6 #A61E71

split-complementary

#A6971E #1E71A6 #531EA6

monochromatic

#3E390B #726815 #A6971E #D8C529 #E2D35D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A6971E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A6971E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6971E

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6971E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6971E	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6971e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.132 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b566',
    500: '#a6971e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6971e;
$custom-light: #c4b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6971e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.382,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66949,
    "c": 0.13171,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6971E

secondary

#5A66C6

accent

#4FEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6971E

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

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