#A9991C#A9991C

#A9991C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.134 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9991C
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 28)
HSL	hsl(53, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.76, -6.94, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.76, 61.52, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% -0.0264 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.134 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9644, 31.3027, 5.6674)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9991C #1C2CA9

analogous

#A9521C #A9991C #72A91C

triadic

#A9991C #1CA999 #991CA9

tetradic

#A9991C #1CA952 #1C2CA9 #A91C72

square

#A9991C #1CA952 #1C2CA9 #A91C72

split-complementary

#A9991C #1C72A9 #521CA9

monochromatic

#403A0B #746913 #A9991C #DBC727 #E4D45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A9991C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A9991C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9991C

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9991C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9991C	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9991c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.134 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b666',
    500: '#a9991c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9991c;
$custom-light: #c7b666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9991c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67663,
    "c": 0.13404,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9991C

secondary

#5966C8

accent

#4EEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9991C

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

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