#A9A044#A9A044

#A9A044 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.114 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A044
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 59.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -8.61, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 48.78, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.027 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.114 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9774, 33.9951, 10.4503)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A044 #444DA9

analogous

#A96E44 #A9A044 #80A944

triadic

#A9A044 #44A9A0 #A044A9

tetradic

#A9A044 #44A96E #444DA9 #A94480

square

#A9A044 #44A96E #444DA9 #A94480

split-complementary

#A9A044 #4480A9 #6E44A9

monochromatic

#524D21 #7D7732 #A9A044 #C2BA68 #D4CE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A9A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A044

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A044	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.114 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb7b',
    500: '#a9a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a044;
$custom-light: #c5bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.653,
    "s": 42.616,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69495,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A044

secondary

#898EBF

accent

#61D255

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A044

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

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