#A4972E#A4972E

#A4972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4972E
RGB	rgb(164, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, -7.39, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 54.59, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0258 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8708, 30.2241, 7.0027)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4972E #2E3BA4

analogous

#A45C2E #A4972E #76A42E

triadic

#A4972E #2EA497 #972EA4

tetradic

#A4972E #2EA45C #2E3BA4 #A42E76

square

#A4972E #2EA45C #2E3BA4 #A42E76

split-complementary

#A4972E #2E76A4 #5C2EA4

monochromatic

#443F13 #746B21 #A4972E #CBBC45 #D8CD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#A4972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#A4972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4972E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4972E	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)

#A5921D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B18C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2b56e',
    500: '#a4972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4972e;
$custom-light: #c2b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66857,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4972E

secondary

#6E77C0

accent

#59DF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4972E

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

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