#A9A02C#A9A02C

#A9A02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.132 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A02C
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 44)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -10.05, 57.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 58.69, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0337 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.132 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3889, 33.7596, 7.3506)
Luminance	0.3376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A02C #2C35A9

analogous

#A9622C #A9A02C #74A92C

triadic

#A9A02C #2CA9A0 #A02CA9

tetradic

#A9A02C #2CA962 #2C35A9 #A92C74

square

#A9A02C #2CA962 #2C35A9 #A92C74

split-complementary

#A9A02C #2C74A9 #622CA9

monochromatic

#484413 #78721F #A9A02C #CEC444 #DBD474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A9A02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A02C

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A02C	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)

#AE9A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.132 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6e',
    500: '#a9a02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a02c;
$custom-light: #c6bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.68,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69286,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A02C

secondary

#6E74C3

accent

#51E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A02C

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

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