#A9A02F#A9A02F

#A9A02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.130 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A02F
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -9.90, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 57.59, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0331 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.13 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4473, 33.7830, 7.6584)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A02F #2F38A9

analogous

#A9632F #A9A02F #75A92F

triadic

#A9A02F #2FA9A0 #A02FA9

tetradic

#A9A02F #2FA963 #2F38A9 #A92F75

square

#A9A02F #2FA963 #2F38A9 #A92F75

split-complementary

#A9A02F #2F75A9 #632FA9

monochromatic

#494514 #797322 #A9A02F #CCC349 #DAD379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A9A02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A02F

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A02F	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.130 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6f',
    500: '#a9a02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a02f;
$custom-light: #c6bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69307,
    "c": 0.13,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A02F

secondary

#7278C2

accent

#53E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A02F

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

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