#A7972E#A7972E

#A7972E 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	#A7972E
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.12, -6.05, 54.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.12, 54.79, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(67.14% -0.0221 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(67.14% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4974, 30.5472, 7.0321)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7972E #2E3EA7

analogous

#A75B2E #A7972E #7BA72E

triadic

#A7972E #2EA797 #972EA7

tetradic

#A7972E #2EA75B #2E3EA7 #A72E7B

square

#A7972E #2EA75B #2E3EA7 #A72E7B

split-complementary

#A7972E #2E7BA7 #5B2EA7

monochromatic

#474014 #776C21 #A7972E #CCBA46 #D9CC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A7972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A7972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7972E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7972E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56e',
    500: '#a7972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7972e;
$custom-light: #c5b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.066,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67143,
    "c": 0.1228,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7972E

secondary

#707AC1

accent

#5CE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7972E

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

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