#A9972E#A9972E

#A9972E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.123 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9972E
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -5.16, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 54.94, 95.38°)
OKLab	oklab(67.33% -0.0197 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.33% 0.123 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9233, 30.7668, 7.0520)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9972E #2E40A9

analogous

#A95A2E #A9972E #7DA92E

triadic

#A9972E #2EA997 #972EA9

tetradic

#A9972E #2EA95A #2E40A9 #A92E7D

square

#A9972E #2EA95A #2E40A9 #A92E7D

split-complementary

#A9972E #2E7DA9 #5A2EA9

monochromatic

#494114 #796C21 #A9972E #CDB947 #DACC77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A9972E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A9972E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9972E

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9972E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9972E	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)

#A6931D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9972e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.123 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b56e',
    500: '#a9972e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9972e;
$custom-light: #c6b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9972e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67335,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9972E

secondary

#717DC2

accent

#5EE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9972E

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

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