#A9A31F#A9A31F

#A9A31F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.141 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A31F
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.54, -12.13, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.54, 63.84, 100.95°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0407 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.141 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7080, 34.7294, 6.4346)
Luminance	0.3473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A31F #1F25A9

analogous

#A95E1F #A9A31F #6AA91F

triadic

#A9A31F #1FA9A3 #A31FA9

tetradic

#A9A31F #1FA95E #1F25A9 #A91F6A

square

#A9A31F #1FA95E #1F25A9 #A91F6A

split-complementary

#A9A31F #1F6AA9 #5E1FA9

monochromatic

#423F0C #757116 #A9A31F #D8D12D #E2DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A31F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A9A31F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A31F

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A31F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A31F	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a31f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.141 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd68',
    500: '#a9a31f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a31f;
$custom-light: #c7bd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a31f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69876,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A31F

secondary

#5D62C7

accent

#44EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A31F

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

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