#A9A41C#A9A41C

#A9A41C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.144 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A41C
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -12.74, 63.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 64.97, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0426 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.144 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8485, 35.0709, 6.2955)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A41C #1C21A9

analogous

#A95D1C #A9A41C #67A91C

triadic

#A9A41C #1CA9A4 #A41CA9

tetradic

#A9A41C #1CA95D #1C21A9 #A91C67

square

#A9A41C #1CA95D #1C21A9 #A91C67

split-complementary

#A9A41C #1C67A9 #5D1CA9

monochromatic

#403E0B #747113 #A9A41C #DBD527 #E4DF5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A41C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A9A41C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A41C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A41C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A41C	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a41c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.144 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be67',
    500: '#a9a41c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a41c;
$custom-light: #c7be67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a41c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.872,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70085,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A41C

secondary

#595DC8

accent

#40EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A41C

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

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