#A8972B#A8972B

#A8972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.125 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8972B
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -5.75, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 56.00, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.0217 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.125 100)
XYZ	xyz(27.6524, 30.6338, 6.7414)
Luminance	0.3063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8972B #2B3CA8

analogous

#A8592B #A8972B #7BA82B

triadic

#A8972B #2BA897 #972BA8

tetradic

#A8972B #2BA859 #2B3CA8 #A82B7B

square

#A8972B #2BA859 #2B3CA8 #A82B7B

split-complementary

#A8972B #2B7BA8 #592BA8

monochromatic

#473F12 #776B1F #A8972B #CFBB42 #DBCD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A8972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A8972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8972B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8972B	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)

#A69318

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9932

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.125 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56c',
    500: '#a8972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8972b;
$custom-light: #c5b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67217,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.30632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8972B

secondary

#6C78C2

accent

#5BE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8972B

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

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