#A9972A#A9972A

#A9972A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9972A
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -5.34, 56.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 56.44, 95.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.31% -0.0207 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(67.31% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8481, 30.7368, 6.6560)
Luminance	0.3074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9972A #2A3CA9

analogous

#A9582A #A9972A #7CA92A

triadic

#A9972A #2AA997 #972AA9

tetradic

#A9972A #2AA958 #2A3CA9 #A92A7C

square

#A9972A #2AA958 #2A3CA9 #A92A7C

split-complementary

#A9972A #2A7CA9 #582AA9

monochromatic

#473F12 #786B1E #A9972A #D0BB41 #DCCD72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A9972A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A9972A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9972A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9972A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9972A	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69316

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9972a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b56c',
    500: '#a9972a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9972a;
$custom-light: #c6b56c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9972a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67307,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9972A

secondary

#6C78C3

accent

#5BE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9972A

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

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