#A4972D#A4972D

#A4972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4972D
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, -7.44, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 54.98, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.026 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8513, 30.2164, 6.9001)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4972D #2D3AA4

analogous

#A45B2D #A4972D #75A42D

triadic

#A4972D #2DA497 #972DA4

tetradic

#A4972D #2DA45B #2D3AA4 #A42D75

square

#A4972D #2DA45B #2D3AA4 #A42D75

split-complementary

#A4972D #2D75A4 #5B2DA4

monochromatic

#443F13 #746B20 #A4972D #CBBC43 #D9CD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A4972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A4972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4972D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4972D	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)

#A5921B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b56d',
    500: '#a4972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4972d;
$custom-light: #c2b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6685,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4972D

secondary

#6D76C0

accent

#58E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4972D

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

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