#A9952A#A9952A

#A9952A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.124 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9952A
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.74, -4.27, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.74, 55.83, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0176 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.124 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5289, 30.0985, 6.5496)
Luminance	0.3010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9952A #2A3EA9

analogous

#A9562A #A9952A #7EA92A

triadic

#A9952A #2AA995 #952AA9

tetradic

#A9952A #2AA956 #2A3EA9 #A92A7E

square

#A9952A #2AA956 #2A3EA9 #A92A7E

split-complementary

#A9952A #2A7EA9 #562AA9

monochromatic

#473F12 #786A1E #A9952A #D0B941 #DCCB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A9952A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A9952A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9952A

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9952A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9952A	1.00	2.99	7.02	7.02
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9952a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.124 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36c',
    500: '#a9952a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9952a;
$custom-light: #c6b36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9952a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66874,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9952A

secondary

#6C79C3

accent

#5DE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9952A

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

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