#A8971F#A8971F

#A8971F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.131 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8971F
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -6.22, 59.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 60.01, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0241 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.131 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4638, 30.5583, 5.7478)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8971F #1F30A8

analogous

#A8531F #A8971F #75A81F

triadic

#A8971F #1FA897 #971FA8

tetradic

#A8971F #1FA853 #1F30A8 #A81F75

square

#A8971F #1FA853 #1F30A8 #A81F75

split-complementary

#A8971F #1F75A8 #531FA8

monochromatic

#413A0C #746915 #A8971F #D8C32C #E2D260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A8971F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A8971F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8971F

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8971F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8971F	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)

#AB9929

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8971f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.131 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b567',
    500: '#a8971f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8971f;
$custom-light: #c6b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8971f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67145,
    "c": 0.13118,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8971F

secondary

#5D6AC6

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8971F

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

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