#A7972D#A7972D

#A7972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7972D
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -6.10, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 55.17, 96.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0224 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4779, 30.5394, 6.9295)
Luminance	0.3054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7972D #2D3DA7

analogous

#A75A2D #A7972D #7AA72D

triadic

#A7972D #2DA797 #972DA7

tetradic

#A7972D #2DA75A #2D3DA7 #A72D7A

square

#A7972D #2DA75A #2D3DA7 #A72D7A

split-complementary

#A7972D #2D7AA7 #5A2DA7

monochromatic

#474013 #776B20 #A7972D #CDBB44 #DACC75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A7972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A7972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7972D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7972D	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6931B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56d',
    500: '#a7972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7972d;
$custom-light: #c5b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 57.547,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67135,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7972D

secondary

#6E79C1

accent

#5BE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7972D

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

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