#A5972B#A5972B

#A5972B 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	#A5972B
RGB	rgb(165, 151, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.5%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -7.09, 55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 55.79, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0253 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.125 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0209, 30.3082, 6.7118)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5972B #2B39A5

analogous

#A55A2B #A5972B #76A52B

triadic

#A5972B #2BA597 #972BA5

tetradic

#A5972B #2BA55A #2B39A5 #A52B76

square

#A5972B #2BA55A #2B39A5 #A52B76

split-complementary

#A5972B #2B76A5 #5A2BA5

monochromatic

#443E12 #746B1E #A5972B #CDBD40 #DACE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A5972B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#A5972B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A5972B

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5972B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A5972B	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)

#A59218

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99832

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B28C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5972b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 151, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.125 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3b56c',
    500: '#a5972b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5972b;
$custom-light: #c3b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5972b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6693,
    "c": 0.12476,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5972B

secondary

#6B75C1

accent

#58E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5972B

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

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