#A0972E#A0972E

#A0972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.123 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0972E
RGB	rgb(160, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.6%, 71.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -9.17, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 54.39, 99.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.48% -0.0306 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(66.48% 0.123 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0580, 29.8051, 6.9646)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0972E #2E37A0

analogous

#A05E2E #A0972E #70A02E

triadic

#A0972E #2EA097 #972EA0

tetradic

#A0972E #2EA05E #2E37A0 #A02E70

square

#A0972E #2EA05E #2E37A0 #A02E70

split-complementary

#A0972E #2E70A0 #5E2EA0

monochromatic

#413D13 #706A20 #A0972E #C9BE42 #D6CF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A0972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A0972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A0972E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0972E	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)

#A4921D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC8D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.123 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb56e',
    500: '#a0972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0972e;
$custom-light: #bfb56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66483,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0972E

secondary

#6C72BE

accent

#55DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0972E

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

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