#A9A135#A9A135

#A9A135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A135
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 53)
HSL	hsl(56, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -10.11, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 55.63, 100.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.033 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7508, 34.1829, 8.3983)
Luminance	0.3418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A135 #353DA9

analogous

#A96735 #A9A135 #77A935

triadic

#A9A135 #35A9A1 #A135A9

tetradic

#A9A135 #35A967 #353DA9 #A93577

square

#A9A135 #35A967 #353DA9 #A93577

split-complementary

#A9A135 #3577A9 #6735A9

monochromatic

#4C4818 #7A7526 #A9A135 #C9C152 #D7D181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A9A135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A9A135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A135

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A135	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc73',
    500: '#a9a135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a135;
$custom-light: #c6bc73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.862,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69573,
    "c": 0.12688,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A135

secondary

#797EC1

accent

#56DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A135

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

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