#A9A239#A9A239

#A9A239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A239
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.41, -10.41, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.41, 54.38, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% -0.0334 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.0222, 34.5721, 8.9618)
Luminance	0.3457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A239 #3940A9

analogous

#A96A39 #A9A239 #78A939

triadic

#A9A239 #39A9A2 #A239A9

tetradic

#A9A239 #39A96A #3940A9 #A93978

square

#A9A239 #39A96A #3940A9 #A93978

split-complementary

#A9A239 #3978A9 #6A39A9

monochromatic

#4D4A1A #7B762A #A9A239 #C7C058 #D6D186

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A9A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A9A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A239

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A239	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)

#B09C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd75',
    500: '#a9a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a239;
$custom-light: #c6bd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A239

secondary

#7E82C0

accent

#57D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A239

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

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