#A9A13E#A9A13E

#A9A13E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.120 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A13E
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 62)
HSL	hsl(56, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -9.56, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 51.86, 100.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0304 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.12 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9776, 34.2736, 9.5929)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A13E #3E46A9

analogous

#A96B3E #A9A13E #7BA93E

triadic

#A9A13E #3EA9A1 #A13EA9

tetradic

#A9A13E #3EA96B #3E46A9 #A93E7B

square

#A9A13E #3EA96B #3E46A9 #A93E7B

split-complementary

#A9A13E #3E7BA9 #6B3EA9

monochromatic

#4F4C1D #7C762E #A9A13E #C5BD60 #D5D08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A9A13E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A9A13E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A13E

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A13E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A13E	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a13e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.120 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc78',
    500: '#a9a13e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a13e;
$custom-light: #c5bc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a13e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.514,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69653,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A13E

secondary

#8388C0

accent

#5CD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A13E

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

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