#A8972A#A8972A

#A8972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8972A
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.19, -5.79, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.19, 56.36, 95.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.21% -0.0219 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(67.21% 0.125 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.6343, 30.6265, 6.6460)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8972A #2A3BA8

analogous

#A8582A #A8972A #7AA82A

triadic

#A8972A #2AA897 #972AA8

tetradic

#A8972A #2AA858 #2A3BA8 #A82A7A

square

#A8972A #2AA858 #2A3BA8 #A82A7A

split-complementary

#A8972A #2A7AA8 #582AA8

monochromatic

#463F12 #776B1E #A8972A #CFBC40 #DBCD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A8972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A8972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8972A

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8972A	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b56c',
    500: '#a8972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8972a;
$custom-light: #c6b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6721,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8972A

secondary

#6B77C3

accent

#5AE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8972A

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

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