#A9931C#A9931C

#A9931C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.130 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9931C
RGB	rgb(169, 147, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -3.71, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 59.84, 93.56°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0174 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.13 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0070, 29.3878, 5.3483)
Luminance	0.2939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9931C #1C32A9

analogous

#A94C1C #A9931C #78A91C

triadic

#A9931C #1CA993 #931CA9

tetradic

#A9931C #1CA94C #1C32A9 #A91C78

square

#A9931C #1CA94C #1C32A9 #A91C78

split-complementary

#A9931C #1C78A9 #4C1CA9

monochromatic

#40380B #746513 #A9931C #DBBF27 #E4CF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#A9931C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#A9931C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9931C

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9931C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9931C	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9931c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 147, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.130 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b265',
    500: '#a9931c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9931c;
$custom-light: #c7b265;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9931c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66362,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9931C

secondary

#596AC8

accent

#56EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9931C

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

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