#A9981C#A9981C

#A9981C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.133 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9981C
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 28)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -6.41, 60.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 61.23, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0249 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.133 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8014, 30.9767, 5.6131)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9981C #1C2DA9

analogous

#A9511C #A9981C #73A91C

triadic

#A9981C #1CA998 #981CA9

tetradic

#A9981C #1CA951 #1C2DA9 #A91C73

square

#A9981C #1CA951 #1C2DA9 #A91C73

split-complementary

#A9981C #1C73A9 #511CA9

monochromatic

#403A0B #746913 #A9981C #DBC527 #E4D35B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A9981C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A9981C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9981C

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9981C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9981C	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9981c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.133 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b566',
    500: '#a9981c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9981c;
$custom-light: #c7b566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9981c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.766,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67445,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9981C

secondary

#5966C8

accent

#4FEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9981C

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

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