#A9971C#A9971C

#A9971C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.132 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9971C
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 28)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, -5.87, 60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 60.94, 95.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.23% -0.0234 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(67.23% 0.132 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6398, 30.6535, 5.5592)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9971C #1C2EA9

analogous

#A9501C #A9971C #74A91C

triadic

#A9971C #1CA997 #971CA9

tetradic

#A9971C #1CA950 #1C2EA9 #A91C74

square

#A9971C #1CA950 #1C2EA9 #A91C74

split-complementary

#A9971C #1C74A9 #501CA9

monochromatic

#40390B #746813 #A9971C #DBC427 #E4D25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A9971C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A9971C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9971C

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9971C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9971C	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)

#A69300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9927

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9971c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.132 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b566',
    500: '#a9971c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9971c;
$custom-light: #c7b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9971c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67228,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9971C

secondary

#5967C8

accent

#51EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9971C

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

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