#A9942D#A9942D

#A9942D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.121 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9942D
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -3.58, 54.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 54.40, 93.78°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0154 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.121 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4271, 29.8057, 6.7905)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9942D #2D42A9

analogous

#A9562D #A9942D #80A92D

triadic

#A9942D #2DA994 #942DA9

tetradic

#A9942D #2DA956 #2D42A9 #A92D80

square

#A9942D #2DA956 #2D42A9 #A92D80

split-complementary

#A9942D #2D80A9 #562DA9

monochromatic

#483F13 #796A20 #A9942D #CEB746 #DAC976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A9942D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A9942D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9942D

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9942D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9942D	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)

#A3901C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9942d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.121 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36d',
    500: '#a9942d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9942d;
$custom-light: #c6b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9942d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.839,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6668,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9942D

secondary

#6F7EC2

accent

#61E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9942D

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

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