#A9A029#A9A029

#A9A029 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.134 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A029
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 41)
HSL	hsl(56, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 75.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -10.18, 58.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 59.74, 99.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0344 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.134 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3345, 33.7379, 7.0643)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A029 #2932A9

analogous

#A96029 #A9A029 #72A929

triadic

#A9A029 #29A9A0 #A029A9

tetradic

#A9A029 #29A960 #2932A9 #A92972

square

#A9A029 #29A960 #2932A9 #A92972

split-complementary

#A9A029 #2972A9 #6029A9

monochromatic

#464311 #78711D #A9A029 #D0C63F #DCD570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A9A029 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A029

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A029	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.134 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6c',
    500: '#a9a029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a029;
$custom-light: #c6bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69267,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A029

secondary

#6A71C3

accent

#4FE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A029

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

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