#A7972B#A7972B
#A7972B 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 | #A7972B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(167, 151, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 59%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 74%, 65%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 74.3%, 34.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.10, -6.19, 55.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.10, 55.92, 96.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.12% -0.0229 0.1226) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.12% 0.125 100.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.4403, 30.5244, 6.7315) |
| Luminance | 0.3052 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.09
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.16
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.45
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.27
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.97
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 6.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A7972B #2B3BA7
analogous
#A7592B #A7972B #79A72B
triadic
#A7972B #2BA797 #972BA7
tetradic
#A7972B #2BA759 #2B3BA7 #A72B79
square
#A7972B #2BA759 #2B3BA7 #A72B79
split-complementary
#A7972B #2B79A7 #592BA7
monochromatic
#463F12 #766B1E #A7972B #CEBC41 #DBCD72
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.96
#A7972B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.10
#A7972B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A7972B
7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A7972B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A7972B | 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)
#A69318
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9932
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B48C82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a7972b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 100.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5b56c',
500: '#a7972b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a7972b; $custom-light: #c5b56c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a7972b",
"rgb": {
"r": 167,
"g": 151,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.258,
"s": 59.048,
"l": 41.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67121,
"c": 0.12471,
"h": 100.6
},
"luminance": 0.30523
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A7972B
secondary
#6C77C2
accent
#5AE246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A