#A6972A#A6972A

#A6972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.125 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6972A
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -6.69, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 56.22, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0243 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.125 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2117, 30.4086, 6.6261)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6972A #2A39A6

analogous

#A6592A #A6972A #77A62A

triadic

#A6972A #2AA697 #972AA6

tetradic

#A6972A #2AA659 #2A39A6 #A62A77

square

#A6972A #2AA659 #2A39A6 #A62A77

split-complementary

#A6972A #2A77A6 #592AA6

monochromatic

#443E11 #756B1E #A6972A #CEBD3F #DBCE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A6972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#A6972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6972A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6972A	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.125 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b56c',
    500: '#a6972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6972a;
$custom-light: #c4b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 59.615,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67018,
    "c": 0.12535,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6972A

secondary

#6A75C2

accent

#58E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6972A

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

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