#A9A033#A9A033

#A9A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A033
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -9.70, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 56.06, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.032 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.127 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5317, 33.8168, 8.1030)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A033 #333CA9

analogous

#A96533 #A9A033 #77A933

triadic

#A9A033 #33A9A0 #A033A9

tetradic

#A9A033 #33A965 #333CA9 #A93377

square

#A9A033 #33A965 #333CA9 #A93377

split-complementary

#A9A033 #3377A9 #6533A9

monochromatic

#4B4717 #7A7325 #A9A033 #CAC14F #D8D17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A9A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A033

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A033	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)

#AE9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb71',
    500: '#a9a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a033;
$custom-light: #c6bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69337,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A033

secondary

#777CC1

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A033

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

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