#A9A433#A9A433

#A9A433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.131 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A433
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -11.80, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 57.54, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.038 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.131 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2363, 35.2260, 8.3379)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A433 #3338A9

analogous

#A96933 #A9A433 #73A933

triadic

#A9A433 #33A9A4 #A433A9

tetradic

#A9A433 #33A969 #3338A9 #A93373

square

#A9A433 #33A969 #3338A9 #A93373

split-complementary

#A9A433 #3373A9 #6933A9

monochromatic

#4B4917 #7A7625 #A9A433 #CAC54F #D8D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A9A433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A9A433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A433

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A433	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.131 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be72',
    500: '#a9a433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a433;
$custom-light: #c6be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.458,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70219,
    "c": 0.13119,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A433

secondary

#777AC1

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A433

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

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