#A9972F#A9972F

#A9972F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.122 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9972F
RGB	rgb(169, 151, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -5.11, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 54.55, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.34% -0.0195 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(67.34% 0.122 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.9432, 30.7748, 7.1570)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9972F #2F41A9

analogous

#A95A2F #A9972F #7EA92F

triadic

#A9972F #2FA997 #972FA9

tetradic

#A9972F #2FA95A #2F41A9 #A92F7E

square

#A9972F #2FA95A #2F41A9 #A92F7E

split-complementary

#A9972F #2F7EA9 #5A2FA9

monochromatic

#494114 #796C22 #A9972F #CCB949 #DACB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#A9972F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#A9972F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9972F

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9972F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9972F	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)

#A6931F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9972f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 151, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.122 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b56e',
    500: '#a9972f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9972f;
$custom-light: #c6b56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9972f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67342,
    "c": 0.12217,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9972F

secondary

#727EC2

accent

#5EE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9972F

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

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