#A9A339#A9A339

#A9A339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.126 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A339
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 66.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.69, -10.93, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.69, 54.76, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0349 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.126 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1990, 34.9258, 9.0207)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A339 #393FA9

analogous

#A96B39 #A9A339 #77A939

triadic

#A9A339 #39A9A3 #A339A9

tetradic

#A9A339 #39A96B #393FA9 #A93977

square

#A9A339 #39A96B #393FA9 #A93977

split-complementary

#A9A339 #3977A9 #6B39A9

monochromatic

#4D4B1A #7B772A #A9A339 #C7C158 #D6D286

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A9A339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#A9A339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A339

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A339	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.126 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be75',
    500: '#a9a339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a339;
$custom-light: #c6be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 49.558,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70047,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A339

secondary

#7E81C0

accent

#56D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A339

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

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