#A9901C#A9901C

#A9901C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.127 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9901C
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 28)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(49, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.31, -2.08, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.31, 59.06, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0128 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.127 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5465, 28.4669, 5.1948)
Luminance	0.2847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9901C #1C35A9

analogous

#A9491C #A9901C #7BA91C

triadic

#A9901C #1CA990 #901CA9

tetradic

#A9901C #1CA949 #1C35A9 #A91C7B

square

#A9901C #1CA949 #1C35A9 #A91C7B

split-complementary

#A9901C #1C7BA9 #491CA9

monochromatic

#40370B #746313 #A9901C #DBBB27 #E4CC5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#A9901C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#A9901C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9901C

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9901C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9901C	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7847B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9901c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.127 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b065',
    500: '#a9901c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9901c;
$custom-light: #c7b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9901c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65718,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9901C

secondary

#596DC8

accent

#5AEE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9901C

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

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