#A0972B#A0972B

#A0972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.125 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0972B
RGB	rgb(160, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -9.33, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 55.53, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.46% -0.0313 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(66.46% 0.125 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0010, 29.7822, 6.6640)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0972B #2B34A0

analogous

#A05D2B #A0972B #6EA02B

triadic

#A0972B #2BA097 #972BA0

tetradic

#A0972B #2BA05D #2B34A0 #A02B6E

square

#A0972B #2BA05D #2B34A0 #A02B6E

split-complementary

#A0972B #2B6EA0 #5D2BA0

monochromatic

#403C11 #70691E #A0972B #CBC03D #D8D06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A0972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A0972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0972B

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0972B	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.125 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb56c',
    500: '#a0972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0972b;
$custom-light: #bfb56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66461,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0972B

secondary

#686FBF

accent

#53E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0972B

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

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