#A9951C#A9951C
#A9951C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9951C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 149, 28) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 72%, 39%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 83%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 83.4%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(61.67, -4.79, 60.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(61.67, 60.38, 94.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(66.79% -0.0204 0.1294) |
| OKLCH | oklch(66.79% 0.131 99) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.3207, 30.0152, 5.4528) |
| Luminance | 0.3001 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 2.54
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 2.60
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 2.93
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 3.87
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 4.52
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9951C #1C30A9
analogous
#A94E1C #A9951C #76A91C
triadic
#A9951C #1CA995 #951CA9
tetradic
#A9951C #1CA94E #1C30A9 #A91C76
square
#A9951C #1CA94E #1C30A9 #A91C76
split-complementary
#A9951C #1C76A9 #4E1CA9
monochromatic
#40380B #746713 #A9951C #DBC227 #E4D15B
Accessibility & contrast
On white
3.00
#A9951C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗
On black
7.00
#A9951C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9951C
7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9951C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9951C | 1.00 | 3.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 3.00 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A59100
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9826
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B7897F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#959595
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9951c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 28); /* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.131 99.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b365',
500: '#a9951c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9951c; $custom-light: #c7b365; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9951c",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 149,
"b": 28
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.489,
"s": 71.574,
"l": 38.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.66794,
"c": 0.13098,
"h": 99
},
"luminance": 0.30014
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9951C
secondary
#5969C8
accent
#53EE39
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EB
border
#D2D0C6
text
#141106
muted
#82807A