#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
RGBrgb(169, 153, 45)
HSLhsl(52, 58%, 42%)
HSVhsv(52, 73%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.5%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(62.85, -6.28, 55.61)
CIE-LCHlch(62.85, 55.96, 96.44°)
OKLaboklab(67.76% -0.023 0.123)
OKLCHoklch(67.76% 0.125 100.6)
XYZxyz(28.2284, 31.4082, 7.0576)
Luminance0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A9992D1.002.887.287.28
#FFFFFF2.881.0021.0021.00
#0000007.2821.001.001.00
##0000007.2821.001.001.00

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

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#A9992D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva