#A9A42A#A9A42A

#A9A42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.137 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A42A
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -12.23, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 60.81, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.16% -0.0401 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(70.16% 0.137 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.0568, 35.1542, 7.3922)
Luminance	0.3515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A42A #2A2FA9

analogous

#A9652A #A9A42A #6FA92A

triadic

#A9A42A #2AA9A4 #A42AA9

tetradic

#A9A42A #2AA965 #2A2FA9 #A92A6F

square

#A9A42A #2AA965 #2A2FA9 #A92A6F

split-complementary

#A9A42A #2A6FA9 #652AA9

monochromatic

#474512 #78741E #A9A42A #D0CA41 #DCD872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A9A42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A9A42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A42A

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A42A	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.137 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6d',
    500: '#a9a42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a42a;
$custom-light: #c6be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.638,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70157,
    "c": 0.13678,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A42A

secondary

#6C6FC3

accent

#4BE344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A42A

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

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