#A9912D#A9912D

#A9912D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.119 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9912D
RGB	rgb(169, 145, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.67, -1.95, 53.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.67, 53.52, 92.09°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0107 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.119 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9626, 28.8767, 6.6357)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9912D #2D45A9

analogous

#A9532D #A9912D #83A92D

triadic

#A9912D #2DA991 #912DA9

tetradic

#A9912D #2DA953 #2D45A9 #A92D83

square

#A9912D #2DA953 #2D45A9 #A92D83

split-complementary

#A9912D #2D83A9 #532DA9

monochromatic

#483E13 #796820 #A9912D #CEB346 #DAC776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A9912D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A9912D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9912D

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9912D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9912D	1.00	3.10	6.78	6.78
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9912d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 145, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.119 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b06d',
    500: '#a9912d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9912d;
$custom-light: #c6b06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9912d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66036,
    "c": 0.11896,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9912D

secondary

#6F80C2

accent

#65E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9912D

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

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