#A9941C#A9941C

#A9941C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.130 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9941C
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 28)
HSL	hsl(51, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(51, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.39, -4.25, 59.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.39, 60.11, 94.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.58% -0.0189 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(66.58% 0.13 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.1631, 29.7001, 5.4003)
Luminance	0.2970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9941C #1C31A9

analogous

#A94D1C #A9941C #77A91C

triadic

#A9941C #1CA994 #941CA9

tetradic

#A9941C #1CA94D #1C31A9 #A91C77

square

#A9941C #1CA94D #1C31A9 #A91C77

split-complementary

#A9941C #1C77A9 #4D1CA9

monochromatic

#40380B #746613 #A9941C #DBC027 #E4D05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#A9941C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.94

#A9941C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9941C

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9941C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9941C	1.00	3.03	6.94	6.94
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7887E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9941c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.130 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b365',
    500: '#a9941c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9941c;
$custom-light: #c7b365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9941c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66578,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9941C

secondary

#5969C8

accent

#54EE39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9941C

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

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