#A9A42D#A9A42D

#A9A42D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.135 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A42D
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -12.10, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 59.76, 101.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0394 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.135 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.1125, 35.1764, 7.6857)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A42D #2D32A9

analogous

#A9662D #A9A42D #70A92D

triadic

#A9A42D #2DA9A4 #A42DA9

tetradic

#A9A42D #2DA966 #2D32A9 #A92D70

square

#A9A42D #2DA966 #2D32A9 #A92D70

split-complementary

#A9A42D #2D70A9 #662DA9

monochromatic

#484613 #797520 #A9A42D #CEC846 #DAD676

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A9A42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A9A42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A42D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A42D	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.135 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6f',
    500: '#a9a42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a42d;
$custom-light: #c6be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.581,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70176,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A42D

secondary

#6F73C2

accent

#4DE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A42D

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

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