#A9921F#A9921F

#A9921F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.127 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9921F
RGB	rgb(169, 146, 31)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(50, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.6%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, -3.07, 58.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 58.69, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(66.16% -0.0153 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.16% 0.127 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.8899, 29.0932, 5.4953)
Luminance	0.2909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9921F #1F36A9

analogous

#A94D1F #A9921F #7BA91F

triadic

#A9921F #1FA992 #921FA9

tetradic

#A9921F #1FA94D #1F36A9 #A91F7B

square

#A9921F #1FA94D #1F36A9 #A91F7B

split-complementary

#A9921F #1F7BA9 #4D1FA9

monochromatic

#42390C #756516 #A9921F #D8BC2D #E2CC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#A9921F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#A9921F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9921F

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9921F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9921F	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)

#A89628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9921f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 146, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.127 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b166',
    500: '#a9921f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9921f;
$custom-light: #c7b166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9921f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66162,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9921F

secondary

#5D6FC7

accent

#59EC3C

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9921F

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

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