#A9A21F#A9A21F

#A9A21F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.140 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A21F
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -11.61, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 63.51, 100.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0393 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5311, 34.3757, 6.3757)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A21F #1F26A9

analogous

#A95D1F #A9A21F #6BA91F

triadic

#A9A21F #1FA9A2 #A21FA9

tetradic

#A9A21F #1FA95D #1F26A9 #A91F6B

square

#A9A21F #1FA95D #1F26A9 #A91F6B

split-complementary

#A9A21F #1F6BA9 #5D1FA9

monochromatic

#423F0C #757016 #A9A21F #D8D02D #E2DB60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A9A21F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A9A21F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A21F

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A21F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A21F	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a21f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd68',
    500: '#a9a21f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a21f;
$custom-light: #c7bd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a21f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69654,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A21F

secondary

#5D63C7

accent

#45EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A21F

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

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