#A9952E#A9952E

#A9952E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.121 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9952E
RGB	rgb(169, 149, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.77, -4.08, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.77, 54.32, 94.30°)
OKLab	oklab(66.9% -0.0167 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(66.9% 0.121 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6041, 30.1286, 6.9456)
Luminance	0.3013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9952E #2E42A9

analogous

#A9582E #A9952E #80A92E

triadic

#A9952E #2EA995 #952EA9

tetradic

#A9952E #2EA958 #2E42A9 #A92E80

square

#A9952E #2EA958 #2E42A9 #A92E80

split-complementary

#A9952E #2E80A9 #582EA9

monochromatic

#494014 #796B21 #A9952E #CDB747 #DACA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#A9952E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.03

#A9952E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9952E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9952E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9952E	1.00	2.99	7.03	7.03
#FFFFFF	2.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9952e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 149, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.121 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b36e',
    500: '#a9952e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9952e;
$custom-light: #c6b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9952e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.244,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66903,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9952E

secondary

#717EC2

accent

#60E047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9952E

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

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