#A9A040#A9A040

#A9A040 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.117 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A040
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, -8.90, 49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 50.59, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0283 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.117 104)
XYZ	xyz(29.8595, 33.9479, 9.8292)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A040 #4049A9

analogous

#A96B40 #A9A040 #7DA940

triadic

#A9A040 #40A9A0 #A040A9

tetradic

#A9A040 #40A96B #4049A9 #A9407D

square

#A9A040 #40A96B #4049A9 #A9407D

split-complementary

#A9A040 #407DA9 #6B40A9

monochromatic

#504C1E #7D762F #A9A040 #C4BB62 #D5CF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A9A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A9A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A040

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A040	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.117 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb79',
    500: '#a9a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a040;
$custom-light: #c5bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69453,
    "c": 0.11735,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.33947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A040

secondary

#858AC0

accent

#5ED553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A040

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

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