#A9A438#A9A438

#A9A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.128 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A438
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -11.52, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 55.56, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0366 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.128 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3526, 35.2725, 8.9500)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A438 #383DA9

analogous

#A96C38 #A9A438 #76A938

triadic

#A9A438 #38A9A4 #A438A9

tetradic

#A9A438 #38A96C #383DA9 #A93876

square

#A9A438 #38A96C #383DA9 #A93876

split-complementary

#A9A438 #3876A9 #6C38A9

monochromatic

#4D4B1A #7B7729 #A9A438 #C7C257 #D7D385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A9A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A9A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A438

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A438	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)

#B29E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.128 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be75',
    500: '#a9a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a438;
$custom-light: #c6be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A438

secondary

#7C7FC0

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A438

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

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