#A3972B#A3972B

#A3972B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.125 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3972B
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 73.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -7.98, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 55.67, 98.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0277 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.125 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6081, 30.0953, 6.6924)
Luminance	0.3009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3972B #2B37A3

analogous

#A35B2B #A3972B #73A32B

triadic

#A3972B #2BA397 #972BA3

tetradic

#A3972B #2BA35B #2B37A3 #A32B73

square

#A3972B #2BA35B #2B37A3 #A32B73

split-complementary

#A3972B #2B73A3 #5B2BA3

monochromatic

#423D11 #736A1E #A3972B #CCBE3F #D9CF6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A3972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A3972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3972B

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3972B	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B08C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.125 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b56c',
    500: '#a3972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3972b;
$custom-light: #c2b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 58.252,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3972B

secondary

#6A72C0

accent

#56E146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3972B

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

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