#A9A337#A9A337

#A9A337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A337
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -11.05, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 55.58, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0354 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1501, 34.9063, 8.7631)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A337 #373DA9

analogous

#A96A37 #A9A337 #76A937

triadic

#A9A337 #37A9A3 #A337A9

tetradic

#A9A337 #37A96A #373DA9 #A93776

square

#A9A337 #37A96A #373DA9 #A93776

split-complementary

#A9A337 #3776A9 #6A37A9

monochromatic

#4D4A19 #7B7628 #A9A337 #C8C255 #D7D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A9A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A9A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A337

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A337	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be74',
    500: '#a9a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a337;
$custom-light: #c6be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7003,
    "c": 0.12738,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A337

secondary

#7B7FC0

accent

#55DA4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A337

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

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