#A7942F#A7942F

#A7942F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.120 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7942F
RGB	rgb(167, 148, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.4%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.31, -4.38, 53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.31, 53.43, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(66.5% -0.0173 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(66.5% 0.12 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0406, 29.6019, 6.9782)
Luminance	0.2960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7942F #2F42A7

analogous

#A7582F #A7942F #7EA72F

triadic

#A7942F #2FA794 #942FA7

tetradic

#A7942F #2FA758 #2F42A7 #A72F7E

square

#A7942F #2FA758 #2F42A7 #A72F7E

split-complementary

#A7942F #2F7EA7 #582FA7

monochromatic

#473F14 #776A22 #A7942F #CBB748 #D9C978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A7942F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#A7942F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A7942F

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7942F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7942F	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	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)

#A39020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7942f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 148, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.120 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b36e',
    500: '#a7942f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7942f;
$custom-light: #c5b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7942f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66499,
    "c": 0.1197,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7942F

secondary

#717EC1

accent

#60DF48

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F8F5EC

border

#D1CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7942F

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

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