#A9A02B#A9A02B
#A9A02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9A02B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 160, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 59%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 75%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.77, -10.09, 58.18) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.77, 59.05, 99.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.28% -0.034 0.128) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.28% 0.132 104.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3703, 33.7522, 7.2528) |
| Luminance | 0.3375 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.30
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.46
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.39
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 5.79
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.86
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9A02B #2B34A9
analogous
#A9612B #A9A02B #73A92B
triadic
#A9A02B #2BA9A0 #A02BA9
tetradic
#A9A02B #2BA961 #2B34A9 #A92B73
square
#A9A02B #2BA961 #2B34A9 #A92B73
split-complementary
#A9A02B #2B73A9 #612BA9
monochromatic
#474412 #78721F #A9A02B #CFC542 #DBD473
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.71
#A9A02B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.75
#A9A02B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9A02B
7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9A02B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9A02B | 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)
#AE9A14
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B29F34
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B6958A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9D9D9D
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9a02b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 104.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bb6d',
500: '#a9a02b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9a02b; $custom-light: #c6bb6d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9a02b",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 160,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.714,
"s": 59.434,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.6928,
"c": 0.13246,
"h": 104.9
},
"luminance": 0.33751
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9A02B
secondary
#6D73C3
accent
#50E345
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#131108
muted
#82807B