#A9A136#A9A136
#A9A136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.126 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9A136 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 161, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(56, 52%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(56, 68%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 68%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.11, -10.06, 54.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.11, 55.23, 100.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.58% -0.0327 0.1218) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.58% 0.126 105) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.7741, 34.1922, 8.5207) |
| Luminance | 0.3419 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.72
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.12
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.73
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 6.25
Khaki (survey)
#AAA662
ΔE00 6.45
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9A136 #363EA9
analogous
#A96736 #A9A136 #77A936
triadic
#A9A136 #36A9A1 #A136A9
tetradic
#A9A136 #36A967 #363EA9 #A93677
square
#A9A136 #36A967 #363EA9 #A93677
split-complementary
#A9A136 #3677A9 #6736A9
monochromatic
#4C4918 #7B7527 #A9A136 #C8C054 #D7D182
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.68
#A9A136 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.84
#A9A136 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9A136
7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9A136 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9A136 | 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)
#AF9B27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A03D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5968B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9a136; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.126 105.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6bc73',
500: '#a9a136',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9a136; $custom-light: #c6bc73; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9a136",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 161,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 55.826,
"s": 51.57,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69581,
"c": 0.12616,
"h": 105
},
"luminance": 0.34191
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9A136
secondary
#7A7FC1
accent
#57DB4D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F6ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B