#A6972C#A6972C

#A6972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.124 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6972C
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 73.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -6.59, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 55.48, 96.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.03% -0.0238 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.03% 0.124 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2484, 30.4233, 6.8194)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6972C #2C3BA6

analogous

#A65A2C #A6972C #78A62C

triadic

#A6972C #2CA697 #972CA6

tetradic

#A6972C #2CA65A #2C3BA6 #A62C78

square

#A6972C #2CA65A #2C3BA6 #A62C78

split-complementary

#A6972C #2C78A6 #5A2CA6

monochromatic

#453F12 #766B1F #A6972C #CDBC42 #DACD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A6972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#A6972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6972C

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6972C	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A5921A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.124 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b56d',
    500: '#a6972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6972c;
$custom-light: #c4b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67032,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6972C

secondary

#6D77C1

accent

#5AE146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6972C

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

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