#A4972A#A4972A

#A4972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.125 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4972A
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -7.58, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 56.10, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% -0.0267 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.125 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7956, 30.1941, 6.6066)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4972A #2A37A4

analogous

#A45A2A #A4972A #74A42A

triadic

#A4972A #2AA497 #972AA4

tetradic

#A4972A #2AA45A #2A37A4 #A42A74

square

#A4972A #2AA45A #2A37A4 #A42A74

split-complementary

#A4972A #2A74A4 #5A2AA4

monochromatic

#433D11 #736A1E #A4972A #CDBE3E #DACF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A4972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A4972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4972A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4972A	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.125 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b56c',
    500: '#a4972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4972a;
$custom-light: #c3b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66829,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4972A

secondary

#6972C1

accent

#56E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4972A

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

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