#A9962E#A9962E

#A9962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.122 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9962E
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -4.62, 54.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 54.63, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% -0.0182 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.122 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7630, 30.4463, 6.9986)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9962E #2E41A9

analogous

#A9592E #A9962E #7EA92E

triadic

#A9962E #2EA996 #962EA9

tetradic

#A9962E #2EA959 #2E41A9 #A92E7E

square

#A9962E #2EA959 #2E41A9 #A92E7E

split-complementary

#A9962E #2E7EA9 #592EA9

monochromatic

#494114 #796B21 #A9962E #CDB847 #DACB77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A9962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A9962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9962E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9962E	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)

#A5921D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.122 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b46e',
    500: '#a9962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9962e;
$custom-light: #c6b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67119,
    "c": 0.12203,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9962E

secondary

#717DC2

accent

#5FE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9962E

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

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