#A9992E#A9992E

#A9992E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.124 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9992E
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -6.23, 55.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 55.58, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% -0.0228 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2479, 31.4160, 7.1602)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9992E #2E3EA9

analogous

#A95C2E #A9992E #7CA92E

triadic

#A9992E #2EA999 #992EA9

tetradic

#A9992E #2EA95C #2E3EA9 #A92E7C

square

#A9992E #2EA95C #2E3EA9 #A92E7C

split-complementary

#A9992E #2E7CA9 #5C2EA9

monochromatic

#494214 #796D21 #A9992E #CDBC47 #DACD77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A9992E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A9992E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9992E

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9992E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9992E	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)

#A8951C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9992e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b66e',
    500: '#a9992e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9992e;
$custom-light: #c6b66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9992e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67769,
    "c": 0.12446,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9992E

secondary

#717BC2

accent

#5BE047

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9992E

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

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