#A9A342#A9A342

#A9A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.119 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A342
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -10.34, 49.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 50.88, 101.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0322 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.119 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4438, 35.0238, 10.3098)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A342 #4248A9

analogous

#A96F42 #A9A342 #7BA942

triadic

#A9A342 #42A9A3 #A342A9

tetradic

#A9A342 #42A96F #4248A9 #A9427B

square

#A9A342 #42A96F #4248A9 #A9427B

split-complementary

#A9A342 #427BA9 #6F42A9

monochromatic

#514E20 #7D7931 #A9A342 #C3BD65 #D4D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A9A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A342

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A342	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.119 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be7a',
    500: '#a9a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a342;
$custom-light: #c5be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.505,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70132,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A342

secondary

#878BC0

accent

#5CD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A342

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

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