#A9962D#A9962D

#A9962D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.123 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9962D
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 45)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, -4.67, 54.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 55.01, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0184 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.123 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7435, 30.4385, 6.8960)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9962D #2D40A9

analogous

#A9582D #A9962D #7EA92D

triadic

#A9962D #2DA996 #962DA9

tetradic

#A9962D #2DA958 #2D40A9 #A92D7E

square

#A9962D #2DA958 #2D40A9 #A92D7E

split-complementary

#A9962D #2D7EA9 #582DA9

monochromatic

#484013 #796B20 #A9962D #CEB946 #DACB76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A9962D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A9962D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9962D

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9962D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9962D	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)

#A5921C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9962d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.123 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b46d',
    500: '#a9962d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9962d;
$custom-light: #c6b46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9962d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.806,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67111,
    "c": 0.12268,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9962D

secondary

#6F7CC2

accent

#5EE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9962D

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

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