#A9A42E#A9A42E

#A9A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.134 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A42E
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -12.05, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 59.41, 101.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.18% -0.0392 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(70.18% 0.134 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.1320, 35.1842, 7.7883)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A42E #2E33A9

analogous

#A9672E #A9A42E #71A92E

triadic

#A9A42E #2EA9A4 #A42EA9

tetradic

#A9A42E #2EA967 #2E33A9 #A92E71

square

#A9A42E #2EA967 #2E33A9 #A92E71

split-complementary

#A9A42E #2E71A9 #672EA9

monochromatic

#494714 #797521 #A9A42E #CDC847 #DAD677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A9A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A9A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A42E

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A42E	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)

#B29E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.134 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6f',
    500: '#a9a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a42e;
$custom-light: #c6be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70183,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A42E

secondary

#7174C2

accent

#4EE047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A42E

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

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