#A9A233#A9A233

#A9A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A233
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -10.75, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 56.79, 100.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.035 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.129 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8812, 34.5158, 8.2195)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A233 #333AA9

analogous

#A96733 #A9A233 #75A933

triadic

#A9A233 #33A9A2 #A233A9

tetradic

#A9A233 #33A967 #333AA9 #A93375

square

#A9A233 #33A967 #333AA9 #A93375

split-complementary

#A9A233 #3375A9 #6733A9

monochromatic

#4B4817 #7A7525 #A9A233 #CAC34F #D8D37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A9A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A233

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A233	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd72',
    500: '#a9a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a233;
$custom-light: #c6bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69777,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A233

secondary

#777BC1

accent

#53DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A233

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

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