#A9992F#A9992F

#A9992F 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	#A9992F
RGB	rgb(169, 153, 47)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.86, -6.18, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.86, 55.20, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0225 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.124 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2678, 31.4240, 7.2652)
Luminance	0.3142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9992F #2F3FA9

analogous

#A95C2F #A9992F #7CA92F

triadic

#A9992F #2FA999 #992FA9

tetradic

#A9992F #2FA95C #2F3FA9 #A92F7C

square

#A9992F #2FA95C #2F3FA9 #A92F7C

split-complementary

#A9992F #2F7CA9 #5C2FA9

monochromatic

#494214 #796E22 #A9992F #CCBB49 #DACD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#A9992F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#A9992F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9992F

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9992F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9992F	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)

#A8951E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9992f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 153, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b66f',
    500: '#a9992f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9992f;
$custom-light: #c6b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9992f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67776,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9992F

secondary

#727CC2

accent

#5CE048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9992F

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

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