#A9A12D#A9A12D

#A9A12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A12D
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.05, -10.53, 57.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.05, 58.68, 100.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.035 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.132 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5819, 34.1153, 7.5088)
Luminance	0.3411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A12D #2D35A9

analogous

#A9632D #A9A12D #73A92D

triadic

#A9A12D #2DA9A1 #A12DA9

tetradic

#A9A12D #2DA963 #2D35A9 #A92D73

square

#A9A12D #2DA963 #2D35A9 #A92D73

split-complementary

#A9A12D #2D73A9 #632DA9

monochromatic

#484513 #797320 #A9A12D #CEC546 #DAD476

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A9A12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A9A12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A12D

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A12D	1.00	2.68	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6e',
    500: '#a9a12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a12d;
$custom-light: #c6bc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69513,
    "c": 0.13219,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A12D

secondary

#6F75C2

accent

#51E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A12D

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

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