#A9A51E#A9A51E

#A9A51E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.144 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A51E
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 30)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -13.20, 63.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 64.79, 101.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0438 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.144 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0529, 35.4401, 6.4856)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A51E #1E22A9

analogous

#A9601E #A9A51E #68A91E

triadic

#A9A51E #1EA9A5 #A51EA9

tetradic

#A9A51E #1EA960 #1E22A9 #A91E68

square

#A9A51E #1EA960 #1E22A9 #A91E68

split-complementary

#A9A51E #1E68A9 #601EA9

monochromatic

#41400C #757215 #A9A51E #D9D42B #E3DF5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A9A51E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A9A51E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A51E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A51E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A51E	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)

#B6A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a51e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.144 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf68',
    500: '#a9a51e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a51e;
$custom-light: #c7bf68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a51e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.273,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70315,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A51E

secondary

#5C5FC7

accent

#40ED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A51E

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

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