#A9972C#A9972C

#A9972C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9972C
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 44)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -5.25, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 55.70, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% -0.0202 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8848, 30.7514, 6.8492)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9972C #2C3EA9

analogous

#A9592C #A9972C #7DA92C

triadic

#A9972C #2CA997 #972CA9

tetradic

#A9972C #2CA959 #2C3EA9 #A92C7D

square

#A9972C #2CA959 #2C3EA9 #A92C7D

split-complementary

#A9972C #2C7DA9 #592CA9

monochromatic

#484013 #786C1F #A9972C #CEBA44 #DBCC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A9972C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A9972C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9972C

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9972C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9972C	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)

#A6931A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9972c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b56d',
    500: '#a9972c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9972c;
$custom-light: #c6b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9972c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6732,
    "c": 0.12411,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9972C

secondary

#6E7AC3

accent

#5CE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9972C

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

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