#A9A237#A9A237

#A9A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.126 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A237
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.40, -10.53, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.40, 55.20, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0339 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.126 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.9732, 34.5526, 8.7041)
Luminance	0.3455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A237 #373EA9

analogous

#A96937 #A9A237 #77A937

triadic

#A9A237 #37A9A2 #A237A9

tetradic

#A9A237 #37A969 #373EA9 #A93777

square

#A9A237 #37A969 #373EA9 #A93777

split-complementary

#A9A237 #3777A9 #6937A9

monochromatic

#4D4919 #7B7628 #A9A237 #C8C155 #D7D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A9A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A9A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A237

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A237	1.00	2.65	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.126 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd74',
    500: '#a9a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a237;
$custom-light: #c6bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.316,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6981,
    "c": 0.1264,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A237

secondary

#7B80C0

accent

#56DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A237

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

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