#A9962A#A9962A

#A9962A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.125 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9962A
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 42)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -4.81, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 56.13, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0192 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.125 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6878, 30.4163, 6.6026)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9962A #2A3DA9

analogous

#A9572A #A9962A #7DA92A

triadic

#A9962A #2AA996 #962AA9

tetradic

#A9962A #2AA957 #2A3DA9 #A92A7D

square

#A9962A #2AA957 #2A3DA9 #A92A7D

split-complementary

#A9962A #2A7DA9 #572AA9

monochromatic

#473F12 #786A1E #A9962A #D0BA41 #DCCC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A9962A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#A9962A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9962A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9962A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9962A	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9931

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9962a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.125 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b46c',
    500: '#a9962a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9962a;
$custom-light: #c6b46c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9962a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6709,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9962A

secondary

#6C79C3

accent

#5CE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9962A

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

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