#A9942E#A9942E

#A9942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9942E
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.49, -3.54, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.49, 54.01, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(66.69% -0.0151 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(66.69% 0.12 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4466, 29.8135, 6.8931)
Luminance	0.2981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9942E #2E43A9

analogous

#A9572E #A9942E #81A92E

triadic

#A9942E #2EA994 #942EA9

tetradic

#A9942E #2EA957 #2E43A9 #A92E81

square

#A9942E #2EA957 #2E43A9 #A92E81

split-complementary

#A9942E #2E81A9 #572EA9

monochromatic

#494014 #796A21 #A9942E #CDB647 #DAC977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A9942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A9942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9942E

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9942E	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)

#A3901E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36e',
    500: '#a9942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9942e;
$custom-light: #c6b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.756,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66687,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9942E

secondary

#717FC2

accent

#61E047

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9942E

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

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