#A6972D#A6972D

#A6972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6972D
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -6.55, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 55.10, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.04% -0.0236 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.04% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(27.2674, 30.4309, 6.9196)
Luminance	0.3043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6972D #2D3CA6

analogous

#A65B2D #A6972D #79A62D

triadic

#A6972D #2DA697 #972DA6

tetradic

#A6972D #2DA65B #2D3CA6 #A62D79

square

#A6972D #2DA65B #2D3CA6 #A62D79

split-complementary

#A6972D #2D79A6 #5B2DA6

monochromatic

#463F13 #766B20 #A6972D #CCBB44 #D9CD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A6972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A6972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6972D

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6972D	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5921B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b56d',
    500: '#a6972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6972d;
$custom-light: #c4b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.562,
    "s": 57.346,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6704,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.3043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6972D

secondary

#6E78C1

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6972D

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

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