#A9981F#A9981F

#A9981F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.132 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9981F
RGB	rgb(169, 152, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.1%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.50, -6.31, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.50, 60.37, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0244 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.132 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8391, 30.9918, 5.8117)
Luminance	0.3099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9981F #1F30A9

analogous

#A9531F #A9981F #75A91F

triadic

#A9981F #1FA998 #981FA9

tetradic

#A9981F #1FA953 #1F30A9 #A91F75

square

#A9981F #1FA953 #1F30A9 #A91F75

split-complementary

#A9981F #1F75A9 #531FA9

monochromatic

#423B0C #756916 #A9981F #D8C32D #E2D260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#A9981F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#A9981F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9981F

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9981F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9981F	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)

#AC9A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9981f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 152, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.132 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b567',
    500: '#a9981f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9981f;
$custom-light: #c7b567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9981f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.609,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6746,
    "c": 0.13194,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9981F

secondary

#5D6AC7

accent

#52EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9981F

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

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