#A7973B#A7973B

#A7973B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.113 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7973B
RGB	rgb(167, 151, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, -5.30, 49.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 49.37, 96.16°)
OKLab	oklab(67.26% -0.0185 0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(67.26% 0.113 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7935, 30.6657, 8.5919)
Luminance	0.3066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7973B #3B4BA7

analogous

#A7613B #A7973B #81A73B

triadic

#A7973B #3BA797 #973BA7

tetradic

#A7973B #3BA761 #3B4BA7 #A73B81

square

#A7973B #3BA761 #3B4BA7 #A73B81

split-complementary

#A7973B #3B81A7 #613BA7

monochromatic

#4D451B #7A6E2B #A7973B #C5B55A #D5C988

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A7973B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#A7973B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A7973B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7973B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A7973B	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99940

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B48C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7973b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 151, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.113 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b575',
    500: '#a7973b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7973b;
$custom-light: #c4b575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7973b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 47.788,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67255,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7973B

secondary

#7F88BF

accent

#64D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7973B

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

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