#A9952C#A9952C

#A9952C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.123 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9952C
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 44)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.75, -4.17, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.75, 55.09, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0171 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.123 98)
XYZ	xyz(27.5656, 30.1132, 6.7428)
Luminance	0.3011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9952C #2C40A9

analogous

#A9572C #A9952C #7FA92C

triadic

#A9952C #2CA995 #952CA9

tetradic

#A9952C #2CA957 #2C40A9 #A92C7F

square

#A9952C #2CA957 #2C40A9 #A92C7F

split-complementary

#A9952C #2C7FA9 #572CA9

monochromatic

#483F13 #786A1F #A9952C #CEB844 #DBCB74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A9952C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.02

#A9952C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9952C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9952C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9952C	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)

#A4911A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9952c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.123 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36d',
    500: '#a9952c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9952c;
$custom-light: #c6b36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9952c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66888,
    "c": 0.12254,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.30112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9952C

secondary

#6E7CC3

accent

#5FE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9952C

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

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