#A8972F#A8972F

#A8972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8972F
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -5.55, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 54.47, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.25% -0.0207 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.25% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7294, 30.6646, 7.1470)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8972F #2F40A8

analogous

#A85A2F #A8972F #7DA82F

triadic

#A8972F #2FA897 #972FA8

tetradic

#A8972F #2FA85A #2F40A8 #A82F7D

square

#A8972F #2FA85A #2F40A8 #A82F7D

split-complementary

#A8972F #2F7DA8 #5A2FA8

monochromatic

#484114 #786C22 #A8972F #CCB948 #D9CC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A8972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A8972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8972F

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8972F	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56e',
    500: '#a8972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8972f;
$custom-light: #c5b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67246,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8972F

secondary

#717DC1

accent

#5DE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8972F

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

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