#A9A030#A9A030

#A9A030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.129 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A030
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 48)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 71.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.80, -9.85, 56.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.80, 57.22, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0328 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.129 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4677, 33.7912, 7.7659)
Luminance	0.3379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A030 #3039A9

analogous

#A96330 #A9A030 #76A930

triadic

#A9A030 #30A9A0 #A030A9

tetradic

#A9A030 #30A963 #3039A9 #A93076

square

#A9A030 #30A963 #3039A9 #A93076

split-complementary

#A9A030 #3076A9 #6330A9

monochromatic

#4A4615 #797322 #A9A030 #CCC24A #D9D27A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A9A030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A030

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A030	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)

#AE9A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.129 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb70',
    500: '#a9a030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a030;
$custom-light: #c6bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.537,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69314,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A030

secondary

#7379C2

accent

#54DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A030

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

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