#A2972A#A2972A

#A2972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2972A
RGB	rgb(162, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.64, -8.48, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.64, 55.99, 98.71°)
OKLab	oklab(66.64% -0.0291 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(66.64% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3860, 29.9829, 6.5874)
Luminance	0.2998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2972A #2A35A2

analogous

#A25B2A #A2972A #71A22A

triadic

#A2972A #2AA297 #972AA2

tetradic

#A2972A #2AA25B #2A35A2 #A22A71

square

#A2972A #2AA25B #2A35A2 #A22A71

split-complementary

#A2972A #2A71A2 #5B2AA2

monochromatic

#413C11 #716A1D #A2972A #CDBF3D #D9CF6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A2972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#A2972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2972A

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2972A	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b56c',
    500: '#a2972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2972a;
$custom-light: #c1b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66641,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2972A

secondary

#6870C0

accent

#54E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2972A

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

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