#A9A11F#A9A11F

#A9A11F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.140 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A11F
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -11.08, 62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 63.18, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0378 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.14 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3557, 34.0248, 6.3172)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A11F #1F27A9

analogous

#A95C1F #A9A11F #6CA91F

triadic

#A9A11F #1FA9A1 #A11FA9

tetradic

#A9A11F #1FA95C #1F27A9 #A91F6C

square

#A9A11F #1FA95C #1F27A9 #A91F6C

split-complementary

#A9A11F #1F6CA9 #5C1FA9

monochromatic

#423E0C #757016 #A9A11F #D8CE2D #E2DA60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A11F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A9A11F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A11F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A11F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A11F	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)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a11f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.140 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc68',
    500: '#a9a11f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a11f;
$custom-light: #c7bc68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a11f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.522,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69433,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A11F

secondary

#5D63C7

accent

#46EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A11F

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

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