#A8971E#A8971E

#A8971E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.132 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8971E
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 30)
HSL	hsl(53, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -6.26, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 60.30, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0243 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.132 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4508, 30.5531, 5.6795)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8971E #1E2FA8

analogous

#A8521E #A8971E #74A81E

triadic

#A8971E #1EA897 #971EA8

tetradic

#A8971E #1EA852 #1E2FA8 #A81E74

square

#A8971E #1EA852 #1E2FA8 #A81E74

split-complementary

#A8971E #1E74A8 #521EA8

monochromatic

#403A0B #746815 #A8971E #D9C32A #E2D25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A8971E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A8971E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8971E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8971E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8971E	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9928

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8971e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.132 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b566',
    500: '#a8971e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8971e;
$custom-light: #c6b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8971e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67141,
    "c": 0.13164,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8971E

secondary

#5B68C7

accent

#51ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8971E

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

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