#A9A229#A9A229

#A9A229 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.135 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A229
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 75.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -11.23, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 60.43, 100.71°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0374 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.135 106)
XYZ	xyz(29.6840, 34.4369, 7.1808)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A229 #2930A9

analogous

#A96229 #A9A229 #70A929

triadic

#A9A229 #29A9A2 #A229A9

tetradic

#A9A229 #29A962 #2930A9 #A92970

square

#A9A229 #29A962 #2930A9 #A92970

split-complementary

#A9A229 #2970A9 #6229A9

monochromatic

#464411 #78731D #A9A229 #D0C83F #DCD670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A9A229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A229

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A229	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.135 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6d',
    500: '#a9a229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a229;
$custom-light: #c6bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.719,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69708,
    "c": 0.13547,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.34436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A229

secondary

#6A6FC3

accent

#4CE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A229

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

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