#A9902A#A9902A

#A9902A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9902A
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 42)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, -1.55, 54.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 54.40, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% -0.0099 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.12 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7548, 28.5502, 6.2916)
Luminance	0.2855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9902A #2A43A9

analogous

#A9512A #A9902A #83A92A

triadic

#A9902A #2AA990 #902AA9

tetradic

#A9902A #2AA951 #2A43A9 #A92A83

square

#A9902A #2AA951 #2A43A9 #A92A83

split-complementary

#A9902A #2A83A9 #512AA9

monochromatic

#473C12 #78661E #A9902A #D0B341 #DCC772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A9902A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A9902A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9902A

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9902A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9902A	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9902a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b06b',
    500: '#a9902a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9902a;
$custom-light: #c6b06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9902a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.658,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9902A

secondary

#6C7DC3

accent

#64E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9902A

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

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