#A9992D#A9992D

#A9992D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9992D
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 45)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -6.28, 55.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 55.96, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% -0.023 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2284, 31.4082, 7.0576)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9992D #2D3DA9

analogous

#A95B2D #A9992D #7BA92D

triadic

#A9992D #2DA999 #992DA9

tetradic

#A9992D #2DA95B #2D3DA9 #A92D7B

square

#A9992D #2DA95B #2D3DA9 #A92D7B

split-complementary

#A9992D #2D7BA9 #5B2DA9

monochromatic

#484113 #796D20 #A9992D #CEBC46 #DACE76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A9992D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A9992D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9992D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9992D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9992D	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A8951B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9992d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b66e',
    500: '#a9992d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9992d;
$custom-light: #c6b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9992d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67762,
    "c": 0.12511,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9992D

secondary

#6F7AC2

accent

#5BE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9992D

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

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