#A9A01F#A9A01F

#A9A01F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.139 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A01F
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 31)
HSL	hsl(56, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -10.56, 61.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 62.85, 99.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0363 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.139 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1816, 33.6767, 6.2592)
Luminance	0.3368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A01F #1F28A9

analogous

#A95B1F #A9A01F #6DA91F

triadic

#A9A01F #1FA9A0 #A01FA9

tetradic

#A9A01F #1FA95B #1F28A9 #A91F6D

square

#A9A01F #1FA95B #1F28A9 #A91F6D

split-complementary

#A9A01F #1F6DA9 #5B1FA9

monochromatic

#423E0C #756F16 #A9A01F #D8CD2D #E2D960

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A01F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A01F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A01F

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A01F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A01F	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a01f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.139 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb68',
    500: '#a9a01f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a01f;
$custom-light: #c7bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a01f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.087,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69213,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A01F

secondary

#5D64C7

accent

#47EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A01F

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

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