#A9912A#A9912A

#A9912A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.121 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9912A
RGB	rgb(169, 145, 42)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.65, -2.10, 54.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.65, 54.67, 92.20°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0115 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.121 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9069, 28.8545, 6.3423)
Luminance	0.2885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9912A #2A42A9

analogous

#A9512A #A9912A #82A92A

triadic

#A9912A #2AA991 #912AA9

tetradic

#A9912A #2AA951 #2A42A9 #A92A82

square

#A9912A #2AA951 #2A42A9 #A92A82

split-complementary

#A9912A #2A82A9 #512AA9

monochromatic

#473D12 #78671E #A9912A #D0B541 #DCC872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A9912A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#A9912A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9912A

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9912A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9912A	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9912a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 145, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.121 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b06b',
    500: '#a9912a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9912a;
$custom-light: #c6b06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9912a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.661,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66014,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9912A

secondary

#6C7CC3

accent

#62E344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9912A

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

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