#A8972E#A8972E

#A8972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.123 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8972E
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -5.60, 54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 54.86, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(67.24% -0.0209 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(67.24% 0.123 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7095, 30.6566, 7.0420)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8972E #2E3FA8

analogous

#A85A2E #A8972E #7CA82E

triadic

#A8972E #2EA897 #972EA8

tetradic

#A8972E #2EA85A #2E3FA8 #A82E7C

square

#A8972E #2EA85A #2E3FA8 #A82E7C

split-complementary

#A8972E #2E7CA8 #5A2EA8

monochromatic

#484114 #786C21 #A8972E #CDBA47 #DACC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A8972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A8972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8972E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8972E	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.123 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56e',
    500: '#a8972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8972e;
$custom-light: #c5b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67239,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8972E

secondary

#707CC2

accent

#5DE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8972E

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

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