#A9A12E#A9A12E

#A9A12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.132 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A12E
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.06, -10.48, 57.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.06, 58.32, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.52% -0.0348 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(69.52% 0.132 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6014, 34.1231, 7.6114)
Luminance	0.3412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A12E #2E36A9

analogous

#A9642E #A9A12E #73A92E

triadic

#A9A12E #2EA9A1 #A12EA9

tetradic

#A9A12E #2EA964 #2E36A9 #A92E73

square

#A9A12E #2EA964 #2E36A9 #A92E73

split-complementary

#A9A12E #2E73A9 #642EA9

monochromatic

#494514 #797321 #A9A12E #CDC447 #DAD477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A9A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A9A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A12E

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A12E	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)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.132 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6f',
    500: '#a9a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a12e;
$custom-light: #c6bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6952,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A12E

secondary

#7176C2

accent

#51E047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A12E

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

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