#A9991F#A9991F

#A9991F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9991F
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 31)
HSL	hsl(53, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(53, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, -6.85, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 60.67, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0259 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0021, 31.3177, 5.8660)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9991F #1F2FA9

analogous

#A9541F #A9991F #74A91F

triadic

#A9991F #1FA999 #991FA9

tetradic

#A9991F #1FA954 #1F2FA9 #A91F74

square

#A9991F #1FA954 #1F2FA9 #A91F74

split-complementary

#A9991F #1F74A9 #541FA9

monochromatic

#423B0C #756A16 #A9991F #D8C52D #E2D360

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A9991F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#A9991F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9991F

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9991F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9991F	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)

#AD9B29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9991f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b667',
    500: '#a9991f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9991f;
$custom-light: #c7b667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9991f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67677,
    "c": 0.13274,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9991F

secondary

#5D69C7

accent

#50EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9991F

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

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