#A9942A#A9942A

#A9942A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.123 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9942A
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, -3.72, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 55.53, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0161 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.123 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3714, 29.7834, 6.4971)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9942A #2A3FA9

analogous

#A9552A #A9942A #7FA92A

triadic

#A9942A #2AA994 #942AA9

tetradic

#A9942A #2AA955 #2A3FA9 #A92A7F

square

#A9942A #2AA955 #2A3FA9 #A92A7F

split-complementary

#A9942A #2A7FA9 #552AA9

monochromatic

#473E12 #78691E #A9942A #D0B841 #DCCA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A9942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A9942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9942A

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9942A	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.123 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36b',
    500: '#a9942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9942a;
$custom-light: #c6b36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.079,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66658,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9942A

secondary

#6C7AC3

accent

#5FE344

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9942A

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

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