#A9A032#A9A032

#A9A032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.128 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A032
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 50)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 70.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.81, -9.75, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.81, 56.45, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0323 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.128 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5099, 33.8080, 7.9882)
Luminance	0.3381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A032 #323BA9

analogous

#A96432 #A9A032 #76A932

triadic

#A9A032 #32A9A0 #A032A9

tetradic

#A9A032 #32A964 #323BA9 #A93276

square

#A9A032 #32A964 #323BA9 #A93276

split-complementary

#A9A032 #3276A9 #6432A9

monochromatic

#4B4716 #7A7324 #A9A032 #CBC14E #D9D27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A9A032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A032

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A032	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)

#AE9A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.128 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb71',
    500: '#a9a032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a032;
$custom-light: #c6bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.462,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69329,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A032

secondary

#767BC1

accent

#55DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A032

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

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