#A7972F#A7972F

#A7972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7972F
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -6.00, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 54.40, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0219 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5173, 30.5552, 7.1371)
Luminance	0.3055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7972F #2F3FA7

analogous

#A75B2F #A7972F #7BA72F

triadic

#A7972F #2FA797 #972FA7

tetradic

#A7972F #2FA75B #2F3FA7 #A72F7B

square

#A7972F #2FA75B #2F3FA7 #A72F7B

split-complementary

#A7972F #2F7BA7 #5B2FA7

monochromatic

#474114 #776C22 #A7972F #CBBA48 #D9CC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#A7972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#A7972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7972F

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7972F	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)

#A5931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b56e',
    500: '#a7972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7972f;
$custom-light: #c5b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6715,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7972F

secondary

#717CC1

accent

#5DDF48

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7972F

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

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