#A7942E#A7942E

#A7942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7942E
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.30, -4.43, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.30, 53.83, 94.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0175 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0207, 29.5939, 6.8732)
Luminance	0.2959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7942E #2E41A7

analogous

#A7582E #A7942E #7EA72E

triadic

#A7942E #2EA794 #942EA7

tetradic

#A7942E #2EA758 #2E41A7 #A72E7E

square

#A7942E #2EA758 #2E41A7 #A72E7E

split-complementary

#A7942E #2E7EA7 #582EA7

monochromatic

#473F14 #776921 #A7942E #CCB746 #D9CA76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#A7942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A7942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A7942E

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7942E	1.00	3.04	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3901E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b36e',
    500: '#a7942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7942e;
$custom-light: #c5b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66491,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7942E

secondary

#707CC1

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7942E

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

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