#A9A02E#A9A02E

#A9A02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.131 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A02E
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -9.95, 57.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 57.96, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0333 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.131 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4274, 33.7750, 7.5534)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A02E #2E37A9

analogous

#A9632E #A9A02E #74A92E

triadic

#A9A02E #2EA9A0 #A02EA9

tetradic

#A9A02E #2EA963 #2E37A9 #A92E74

square

#A9A02E #2EA963 #2E37A9 #A92E74

split-complementary

#A9A02E #2E74A9 #632EA9

monochromatic

#494514 #797221 #A9A02E #CDC347 #DAD377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A9A02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A02E

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A02E	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)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.131 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6f',
    500: '#a9a02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a02e;
$custom-light: #c6bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.693,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A02E

secondary

#7177C2

accent

#53E047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A02E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →