#A9A51C#A9A51C

#A9A51C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.144 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A51C
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 28)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -13.26, 63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 65.30, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0441 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.144 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.0282, 35.4302, 6.3553)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A51C #1C20A9

analogous

#A95E1C #A9A51C #66A91C

triadic

#A9A51C #1CA9A5 #A51CA9

tetradic

#A9A51C #1CA95E #1C20A9 #A91C66

square

#A9A51C #1CA95E #1C20A9 #A91C66

split-complementary

#A9A51C #1C66A9 #5E1CA9

monochromatic

#403E0B #747213 #A9A51C #DBD627 #E4E05B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A9A51C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A9A51C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A51C

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A51C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A51C	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a51c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.144 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf68',
    500: '#a9a51c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a51c;
$custom-light: #c7bf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a51c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.298,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70307,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A51C

secondary

#595CC8

accent

#3FEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A51C

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

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