#A8973E#A8973E

#A8973E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.111 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8973E
RGB	rgb(168, 151, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, -4.66, 47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 48.11, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0164 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.111 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0857, 30.8071, 9.0235)
Luminance	0.3081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8973E #3E4FA8

analogous

#A8623E #A8973E #84A83E

triadic

#A8973E #3EA897 #973EA8

tetradic

#A8973E #3EA862 #3E4FA8 #A83E84

square

#A8973E #3EA862 #3E4FA8 #A83E84

split-complementary

#A8973E #3E84A8 #623EA8

monochromatic

#4F471D #7B6F2E #A8973E #C4B45F #D5C98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#A8973E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#A8973E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8973E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8973E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8973E	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)

#A59334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8973e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 151, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.111 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b577',
    500: '#a8973e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8973e;
$custom-light: #c5b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8973e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.377,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67381,
    "c": 0.11076,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8973E

secondary

#838CBF

accent

#67D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8973E

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

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