#A6972F#A6972F

#A6972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6972F
RGB	rgb(166, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -6.45, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 54.33, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.05% -0.0231 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(67.05% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3068, 30.4467, 7.1272)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6972F #2F3EA6

analogous

#A65C2F #A6972F #7AA62F

triadic

#A6972F #2FA697 #972FA6

tetradic

#A6972F #2FA65C #2F3EA6 #A62F7A

square

#A6972F #2FA65C #2F3EA6 #A62F7A

split-complementary

#A6972F #2F7AA6 #5C2FA6

monochromatic

#474014 #766C21 #A6972F #CBBA47 #D8CC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A6972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A6972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A6972F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A6972F	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)

#A5931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b56e',
    500: '#a6972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6972f;
$custom-light: #c4b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67055,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6972F

secondary

#707AC1

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6972F

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

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