#A8973D#A8973D

#A8973D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.112 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8973D
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -4.73, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 48.56, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.37% -0.0167 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.37% 0.112 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0585, 30.7962, 8.8803)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8973D #3D4EA8

analogous

#A8613D #A8973D #84A83D

triadic

#A8973D #3DA897 #973DA8

tetradic

#A8973D #3DA861 #3D4EA8 #A83D84

square

#A8973D #3DA861 #3D4EA8 #A83D84

split-complementary

#A8973D #3D84A8 #613DA8

monochromatic

#4E461C #7B6F2D #A8973D #C4B45E #D5C98B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A8973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A8973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8973D

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8973D	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59333

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.112 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b576',
    500: '#a8973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8973d;
$custom-light: #c5b576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.467,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6737,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8973D

secondary

#818BBF

accent

#67D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8973D

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

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