#A9961C#A9961C

#A9961C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9961C
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 28)
HSL	hsl(52, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(52, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -5.33, 60.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 60.66, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% -0.0219 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4796, 30.3330, 5.5058)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9961C #1C2FA9

analogous

#A94F1C #A9961C #75A91C

triadic

#A9961C #1CA996 #961CA9

tetradic

#A9961C #1CA94F #1C2FA9 #A91C75

square

#A9961C #1CA94F #1C2FA9 #A91C75

split-complementary

#A9961C #1C75A9 #4F1CA9

monochromatic

#40390B #746713 #A9961C #DBC327 #E4D25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#A9961C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#A9961C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9961C

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9961C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9961C	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9926

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78A80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9961c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b465',
    500: '#a9961c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9961c;
$custom-light: #c7b465;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9961c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67011,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9961C

secondary

#5968C8

accent

#52EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9961C

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

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