#A9A02A#A9A02A

#A9A02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.133 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A02A
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 42)
HSL	hsl(56, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -10.14, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 59.40, 99.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0342 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.133 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3522, 33.7449, 7.1573)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A02A #2A33A9

analogous

#A9612A #A9A02A #73A92A

triadic

#A9A02A #2AA9A0 #A02AA9

tetradic

#A9A02A #2AA961 #2A33A9 #A92A73

square

#A9A02A #2AA961 #2A33A9 #A92A73

split-complementary

#A9A02A #2A73A9 #612AA9

monochromatic

#474312 #78721E #A9A02A #D0C641 #DCD472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A9A02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A02A

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A02A	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)

#AE9A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.133 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6d',
    500: '#a9a02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a02a;
$custom-light: #c6bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69273,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A02A

secondary

#6C72C3

accent

#50E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A02A

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

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