#A9972D#A9972D

#A9972D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9972D
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -5.20, 55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 55.32, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.02 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.9038, 30.7590, 6.9494)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9972D #2D3FA9

analogous

#A9592D #A9972D #7DA92D

triadic

#A9972D #2DA997 #972DA9

tetradic

#A9972D #2DA959 #2D3FA9 #A92D7D

square

#A9972D #2DA959 #2D3FA9 #A92D7D

split-complementary

#A9972D #2D7DA9 #592DA9

monochromatic

#484113 #796C20 #A9972D #CEBA46 #DACC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A9972D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A9972D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9972D

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9972D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9972D	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)

#A6931B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9972d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b56d',
    500: '#a9972d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9972d;
$custom-light: #c6b56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9972d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67328,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9972D

secondary

#6F7CC2

accent

#5DE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9972D

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

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