#A9A03E#A9A03E

#A9A03E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.119 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A03E
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -9.03, 50.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 51.47, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0289 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.119 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8036, 33.9255, 9.5349)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A03E #3E47A9

analogous

#A96A3E #A9A03E #7DA93E

triadic

#A9A03E #3EA9A0 #A03EA9

tetradic

#A9A03E #3EA96A #3E47A9 #A93E7D

square

#A9A03E #3EA96A #3E47A9 #A93E7D

split-complementary

#A9A03E #3E7DA9 #6A3EA9

monochromatic

#4F4B1D #7C762E #A9A03E #C5BC60 #D5CF8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A9A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A9A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A03E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A03E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.119 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb78',
    500: '#a9a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a03e;
$custom-light: #c5bb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69434,
    "c": 0.11901,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A03E

secondary

#8388C0

accent

#5DD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A03E

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

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