#A9902B#A9902B

#A9902B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9902B
RGB	rgb(169, 144, 43)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -1.50, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 54.02, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(65.81% -0.0097 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(65.81% 0.12 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7729, 28.5575, 6.3870)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9902B #2B44A9

analogous

#A9512B #A9902B #83A92B

triadic

#A9902B #2BA990 #902BA9

tetradic

#A9902B #2BA951 #2B44A9 #A92B83

square

#A9902B #2BA951 #2B44A9 #A92B83

split-complementary

#A9902B #2B83A9 #512BA9

monochromatic

#473D12 #78661F #A9902B #CFB342 #DBC773

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#A9902B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#A9902B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9902B

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9902B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9902B	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)

#9F8D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9902b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 144, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b06c',
    500: '#a9902b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9902b;
$custom-light: #c6b06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9902b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65807,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9902B

secondary

#6D7EC3

accent

#64E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9902B

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

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