#A5972A#A5972A

#A5972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.125 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5972A
RGB	rgb(165, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, -7.14, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 56.16, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0255 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0028, 30.3009, 6.6164)
Luminance	0.3030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5972A #2A38A5

analogous

#A55A2A #A5972A #75A52A

triadic

#A5972A #2AA597 #972AA5

tetradic

#A5972A #2AA55A #2A38A5 #A52A75

square

#A5972A #2AA55A #2A38A5 #A52A75

split-complementary

#A5972A #2A75A5 #5A2AA5

monochromatic

#433E11 #746A1E #A5972A #CEBE3E #DACE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A5972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A5972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5972A

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5972A	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b56c',
    500: '#a5972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5972a;
$custom-light: #c3b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66923,
    "c": 0.12538,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5972A

secondary

#6973C1

accent

#57E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5972A

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

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