#A9992B#A9992B

#A9992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.126 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9992B
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -6.37, 56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 56.71, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0235 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.126 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1908, 31.3932, 6.8596)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9992B #2B3BA9

analogous

#A95A2B #A9992B #7AA92B

triadic

#A9992B #2BA999 #992BA9

tetradic

#A9992B #2BA95A #2B3BA9 #A92B7A

square

#A9992B #2BA95A #2B3BA9 #A92B7A

split-complementary

#A9992B #2B7AA9 #5A2BA9

monochromatic

#474112 #786D1F #A9992B #CFBD42 #DBCE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#A9992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A9992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9992B

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9992B	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.126 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b66d',
    500: '#a9992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9992b;
$custom-light: #c6b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67748,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9992B

secondary

#6D78C3

accent

#59E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9992B

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

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