#A6972E#A6972E

#A6972E 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	#A6972E
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -6.50, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 54.72, 96.82°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0233 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(27.2869, 30.4387, 7.0222)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6972E #2E3DA6

analogous

#A65B2E #A6972E #79A62E

triadic

#A6972E #2EA697 #972EA6

tetradic

#A6972E #2EA65B #2E3DA6 #A62E79

square

#A6972E #2EA65B #2E3DA6 #A62E79

split-complementary

#A6972E #2E79A6 #5B2EA6

monochromatic

#464013 #766B21 #A6972E #CCBB46 #D9CC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A6972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A6972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6972E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6972E	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)

#A5931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b56e',
    500: '#a6972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6972e;
$custom-light: #c4b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67047,
    "c": 0.12281,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.30437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6972E

secondary

#6F79C1

accent

#5BE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6972E

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

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