#A9911C#A9911C

#A9911C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.128 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9911C
RGB	rgb(169, 145, 28)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -2.63, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 59.32, 92.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% -0.0143 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.128 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6987, 28.7712, 5.2455)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9911C #1C34A9

analogous

#A94A1C #A9911C #7AA91C

triadic

#A9911C #1CA991 #911CA9

tetradic

#A9911C #1CA94A #1C34A9 #A91C7A

square

#A9911C #1CA94A #1C34A9 #A91C7A

split-complementary

#A9911C #1C7AA9 #4A1CA9

monochromatic

#40370B #746413 #A9911C #DBBD27 #E4CD5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#A9911C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#A9911C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9911C

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9911C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9911C	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7857C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9911c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 145, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.128 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b065',
    500: '#a9911c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9911c;
$custom-light: #c7b065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9911c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65932,
    "c": 0.12815,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9911C

secondary

#596CC8

accent

#58EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9911C

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

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