#A9A246#A9A246

#A9A246 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.114 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A246
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(56, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(56, 59%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 58.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -9.52, 47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 48.66, 101.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.96% -0.0294 0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(69.96% 0.114 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.3890, 34.7189, 10.8938)
Luminance	0.3472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A246 #464DA9

analogous

#A97146 #A9A246 #7FA946

triadic

#A9A246 #46A9A2 #A246A9

tetradic

#A9A246 #46A971 #464DA9 #A9467F

square

#A9A246 #46A971 #464DA9 #A9467F

split-complementary

#A9A246 #467FA9 #7146A9

monochromatic

#524F22 #7E7934 #A9A246 #C2BB6B #D3CF96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A9A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A246

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A246	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A14B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5988E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.114 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd7d',
    500: '#a9a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a246;
$custom-light: #c5bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.758,
    "s": 41.423,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69955,
    "c": 0.11412,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A246

secondary

#8B8FBF

accent

#5FD157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A246

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

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