#A3973B#A3973B

#A3973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.113 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3973B
RGB	rgb(163, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 63.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.86, -7.07, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.86, 49.09, 98.28°)
OKLab	oklab(66.88% -0.0233 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(66.88% 0.113 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9613, 30.2366, 8.5529)
Luminance	0.3024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3973B #3B47A3

analogous

#A3633B #A3973B #7BA33B

triadic

#A3973B #3BA397 #973BA3

tetradic

#A3973B #3BA363 #3B47A3 #A33B7B

square

#A3973B #3BA363 #3B47A3 #A33B7B

split-complementary

#A3973B #3B7BA3 #633BA3

monochromatic

#49441A #766D2B #A3973B #C3B658 #D3CA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A3973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#A3973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3973B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3973B	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF8D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.113 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c1b575',
    500: '#a3973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3973b;
$custom-light: #c1b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 46.847,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66877,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3973B

secondary

#7D84BD

accent

#61D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3973B

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

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