#A9912E#A9912E

#A9912E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.118 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9912E
RGB	rgb(169, 145, 46)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.68, -1.90, 53.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.68, 53.13, 92.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.04% -0.0105 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(66.04% 0.118 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9821, 28.8845, 6.7383)
Luminance	0.2888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9912E #2E46A9

analogous

#A9542E #A9912E #83A92E

triadic

#A9912E #2EA991 #912EA9

tetradic

#A9912E #2EA954 #2E46A9 #A92E83

square

#A9912E #2EA954 #2E46A9 #A92E83

split-complementary

#A9912E #2E83A9 #542EA9

monochromatic

#493E14 #796821 #A9912E #CDB347 #DAC777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#A9912E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.78

#A9912E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9912E

6.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9912E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9912E	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)

#A08E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9912e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 145, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.118 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b06d',
    500: '#a9912e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9912e;
$custom-light: #c6b06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9912e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66044,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9912E

secondary

#7181C2

accent

#65E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9912E

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

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