#A9A331#A9A331

#A9A331 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.132 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A331
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.63, -11.38, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.63, 57.93, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(69.98% -0.037 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(69.98% 0.132 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0149, 34.8522, 8.0512)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A331 #3137A9

analogous

#A96731 #A9A331 #73A931

triadic

#A9A331 #31A9A3 #A331A9

tetradic

#A9A331 #31A967 #3137A9 #A93173

square

#A9A331 #31A967 #3137A9 #A93173

split-complementary

#A9A331 #3173A9 #6731A9

monochromatic

#4A4715 #7A7523 #A9A331 #CBC54C #D9D47C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A9A331 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A9A331 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A331

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A331	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A331	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a331;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.132 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be71',
    500: '#a9a331',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a331;
$custom-light: #c6be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a331",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69983,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A331

secondary

#7478C1

accent

#51DE49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A331

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

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