#A9A034#A9A034

#A9A034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.127 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A034
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 52)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 69.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.82, -9.64, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.82, 55.66, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0318 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.127 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5540, 33.8257, 8.2204)
Luminance	0.3382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A034 #343DA9

analogous

#A96534 #A9A034 #77A934

triadic

#A9A034 #34A9A0 #A034A9

tetradic

#A9A034 #34A965 #343DA9 #A93477

square

#A9A034 #34A965 #343DA9 #A93477

split-complementary

#A9A034 #3477A9 #6534A9

monochromatic

#4B4717 #7A7426 #A9A034 #C9C051 #D8D180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A9A034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#A9A034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A034

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A034	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.127 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb72',
    500: '#a9a034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a034;
$custom-light: #c6bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69345,
    "c": 0.12663,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A034

secondary

#787DC1

accent

#57DC4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A034

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

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