#A9A232#A9A232

#A9A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A232
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 70.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -10.80, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 57.18, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0353 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8594, 34.5071, 8.1047)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A232 #3239A9

analogous

#A96732 #A9A232 #74A932

triadic

#A9A232 #32A9A2 #A232A9

tetradic

#A9A232 #32A967 #3239A9 #A93274

square

#A9A232 #32A967 #3239A9 #A93274

split-complementary

#A9A232 #3274A9 #6732A9

monochromatic

#4B4716 #7A7524 #A9A232 #CBC34E #D9D37D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A9A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A232

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A232	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd71',
    500: '#a9a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a232;
$custom-light: #c6bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6977,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A232

secondary

#767AC1

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A232

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

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