#A2972B#A2972B

#A2972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.125 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2972B
RGB	rgb(162, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -8.43, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 55.62, 98.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0289 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.125 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4041, 29.9901, 6.6829)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2972B #2B36A2

analogous

#A25C2B #A2972B #71A22B

triadic

#A2972B #2BA297 #972BA2

tetradic

#A2972B #2BA25C #2B36A2 #A22B71

square

#A2972B #2BA25C #2B36A2 #A22B71

split-complementary

#A2972B #2B71A2 #5C2BA2

monochromatic

#413D11 #726A1E #A2972B #CCBF3E #D9CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#A2972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#A2972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A2972B

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A2972B	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)

#A59218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE8C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.125 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b56c',
    500: '#a2972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2972b;
$custom-light: #c1b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66648,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2972B

secondary

#6971C0

accent

#55E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2972B

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

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