#A9962F#A9962F

#A9962F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.121 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9962F
RGB	rgb(169, 150, 47)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.04, -4.57, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.04, 54.24, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.13% -0.0179 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(67.13% 0.121 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7830, 30.4543, 7.1036)
Luminance	0.3045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9962F #2F42A9

analogous

#A9592F #A9962F #7FA92F

triadic

#A9962F #2FA996 #962FA9

tetradic

#A9962F #2FA959 #2F42A9 #A92F7F

square

#A9962F #2FA959 #2F42A9 #A92F7F

split-complementary

#A9962F #2F7FA9 #592FA9

monochromatic

#494114 #796C22 #A9962F #CCB849 #DACB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#A9962F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#A9962F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9962F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9962F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9962F	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)

#A5921F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9962f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 150, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.121 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b46e',
    500: '#a9962f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9962f;
$custom-light: #c6b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9962f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67126,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9962F

secondary

#727EC2

accent

#60E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9962F

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

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