#A9A01C#A9A01C

#A9A01C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.140 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A01C
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 28)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.69, -10.65, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.69, 63.66, 99.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.2% -0.0368 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(69.2% 0.14 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1439, 33.6617, 6.0606)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A01C #1C25A9

analogous

#A9591C #A9A01C #6BA91C

triadic

#A9A01C #1CA9A0 #A01CA9

tetradic

#A9A01C #1CA959 #1C25A9 #A91C6B

square

#A9A01C #1CA959 #1C25A9 #A91C6B

split-complementary

#A9A01C #1C6BA9 #591CA9

monochromatic

#403D0B #746E13 #A9A01C #DBD027 #E4DB5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A9A01C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A9A01C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A01C

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A01C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A01C	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a01c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.140 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb67',
    500: '#a9a01c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a01c;
$custom-light: #c7bb67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a01c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69199,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A01C

secondary

#5960C8

accent

#45EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A01C

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

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