#A9A137#A9A137

#A9A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A137
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, -10.00, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 54.82, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.59% -0.0325 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(69.59% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.7978, 34.2017, 8.6457)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A137 #373FA9

analogous

#A96837 #A9A137 #78A937

triadic

#A9A137 #37A9A1 #A137A9

tetradic

#A9A137 #37A968 #373FA9 #A93778

square

#A9A137 #37A968 #373FA9 #A93778

split-complementary

#A9A137 #3778A9 #6837A9

monochromatic

#4D4919 #7B7528 #A9A137 #C8C055 #D7D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A9A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A9A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A137

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A137	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)

#AF9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc74',
    500: '#a9a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a137;
$custom-light: #c6bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69589,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.34201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A137

secondary

#7B80C0

accent

#57DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A137

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

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