#A9A41F#A9A41F

#A9A41F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.142 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A41F
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 31)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.82, -12.65, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.82, 64.18, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0422 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.142 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8862, 35.0859, 6.4941)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A41F #1F24A9

analogous

#A95F1F #A9A41F #69A91F

triadic

#A9A41F #1FA9A4 #A41FA9

tetradic

#A9A41F #1FA95F #1F24A9 #A91F69

square

#A9A41F #1FA95F #1F24A9 #A91F69

split-complementary

#A9A41F #1F69A9 #5F1FA9

monochromatic

#42400C #757216 #A9A41F #D8D22D #E2DD60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A41F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A9A41F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A41F

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A41F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A41F	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a41f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.142 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7be68',
    500: '#a9a41f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a41f;
$custom-light: #c7be68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a41f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.826,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70098,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A41F

secondary

#5D61C7

accent

#42EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A41F

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

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