#A9A31C#A9A31C

#A9A31C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.143 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A31C
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 28)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.53, -12.22, 63.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.53, 64.64, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.0412 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.143 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.6703, 34.7144, 6.2360)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A31C #1C22A9

analogous

#A95C1C #A9A31C #68A91C

triadic

#A9A31C #1CA9A3 #A31CA9

tetradic

#A9A31C #1CA95C #1C22A9 #A91C68

square

#A9A31C #1CA95C #1C22A9 #A91C68

split-complementary

#A9A31C #1C68A9 #5C1CA9

monochromatic

#403E0B #747013 #A9A31C #DBD427 #E4DE5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A31C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#A9A31C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A31C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A31C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A31C	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)

#B29C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a31c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.143 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd67',
    500: '#a9a31c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a31c;
$custom-light: #c7bd67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a31c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69863,
    "c": 0.1426,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A31C

secondary

#595EC8

accent

#41EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A31C

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

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