#A9962C#A9962C
#A9962C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.123 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9962C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 150, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(51, 59%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(51, 74%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 74%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.02, -4.71, 55.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.02, 55.39, 94.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.1% -0.0187 0.1219) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.1% 0.123 98.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(27.7245, 30.4309, 6.7958) |
| Luminance | 0.3043 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 3.54
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.58
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 3.71
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.49
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.23
Dark Mustard
#A88905
ΔE00 5.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9962C #2C3FA9
analogous
#A9582C #A9962C #7EA92C
triadic
#A9962C #2CA996 #962CA9
tetradic
#A9962C #2CA958 #2C3FA9 #A92C7E
square
#A9962C #2CA958 #2C3FA9 #A92C7E
split-complementary
#A9962C #2C7EA9 #582CA9
monochromatic
#484013 #786B1F #A9962C #CEB944 #DBCB74
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.96
#A9962C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.09
#A9962C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9962C
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9962C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9962C | 1.00 | 2.96 | 7.09 | 7.09 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.09 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A5921A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AA9933
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B68B81
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9962c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 98.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b46d',
500: '#a9962c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9962c; $custom-light: #c6b46d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9962c",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 150,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 50.88,
"s": 58.685,
"l": 41.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67104,
"c": 0.12331,
"h": 98.7
},
"luminance": 0.3043
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9962C
secondary
#6E7BC3
accent
#5EE246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#131107
muted
#82807A