#A9A436#A9A436

#A9A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A436
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 68%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -11.63, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 56.36, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0372 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3046, 35.2533, 8.6976)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A436 #363BA9

analogous

#A96A36 #A9A436 #74A936

triadic

#A9A436 #36A9A4 #A436A9

tetradic

#A9A436 #36A96A #363BA9 #A93674

square

#A9A436 #36A96A #363BA9 #A93674

split-complementary

#A9A436 #3674A9 #6A36A9

monochromatic

#4C4A18 #7B7727 #A9A436 #C8C354 #D7D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A9A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A9A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A436

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A436	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be74',
    500: '#a9a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a436;
$custom-light: #c6be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 51.57,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70243,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A436

secondary

#7A7DC1

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A436

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

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