#A9942F#A9942F

#A9942F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.120 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9942F
RGB	rgb(169, 148, 47)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.50, -3.49, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.50, 53.62, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.7% -0.0149 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(66.7% 0.12 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4665, 29.8215, 6.9982)
Luminance	0.2982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9942F #2F44A9

analogous

#A9572F #A9942F #81A92F

triadic

#A9942F #2FA994 #942FA9

tetradic

#A9942F #2FA957 #2F44A9 #A92F81

square

#A9942F #2FA957 #2F44A9 #A92F81

split-complementary

#A9942F #2F81A9 #572FA9

monochromatic

#494014 #796A22 #A9942F #CCB649 #DAC979

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#A9942F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#A9942F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #A9942F

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9942F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9942F	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)

#A39120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9942f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 148, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.120 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36e',
    500: '#a9942f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9942f;
$custom-light: #c6b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9942f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66695,
    "c": 0.11982,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9942F

secondary

#7280C2

accent

#62E048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9942F

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

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