#A7972A#A7972A

#A7972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7972A
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, -6.24, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 56.29, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0231 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4222, 30.5172, 6.6360)
Luminance	0.3052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7972A #2A3AA7

analogous

#A7582A #A7972A #78A72A

triadic

#A7972A #2AA797 #972AA7

tetradic

#A7972A #2AA758 #2A3AA7 #A72A78

square

#A7972A #2AA758 #2A3AA7 #A72A78

split-complementary

#A7972A #2A78A7 #582AA7

monochromatic

#453F11 #766B1E #A7972A #CFBC3F #DBCD70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A7972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#A7972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7972A

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7972A	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56c',
    500: '#a7972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7972a;
$custom-light: #c5b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 59.809,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7972A

secondary

#6B76C2

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7972A

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

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