#A9921C#A9921C

#A9921C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.129 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9921C
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 28)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.85, -3.17, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.85, 59.58, 93.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.15% -0.0158 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(66.15% 0.129 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8521, 29.0781, 5.2967)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9921C #1C33A9

analogous

#A94B1C #A9921C #79A91C

triadic

#A9921C #1CA992 #921CA9

tetradic

#A9921C #1CA94B #1C33A9 #A91C79

square

#A9921C #1CA94B #1C33A9 #A91C79

split-complementary

#A9921C #1C79A9 #4B1CA9

monochromatic

#40370B #746513 #A9921C #DBBE27 #E4CE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A9921C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A9921C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9921C

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9921C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9921C	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9921c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.129 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b165',
    500: '#a9921c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9921c;
$custom-light: #c7b165;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9921c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66147,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9921C

secondary

#596BC8

accent

#57EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9921C

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

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