#A9A51F#A9A51F

#A9A51F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A51F
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 31)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -13.17, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 64.52, 101.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0436 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0659, 35.4453, 6.5539)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A51F #1F23A9

analogous

#A9601F #A9A51F #68A91F

triadic

#A9A51F #1FA9A5 #A51FA9

tetradic

#A9A51F #1FA960 #1F23A9 #A91F68

square

#A9A51F #1FA960 #1F23A9 #A91F68

split-complementary

#A9A51F #1F68A9 #601FA9

monochromatic

#42400C #757316 #A9A51F #D8D32D #E2DE60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A9A51F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A9A51F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A51F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A51F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A51F	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)

#B6A32C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a51f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf69',
    500: '#a9a51f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a51f;
$custom-light: #c7bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a51f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.261,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7032,
    "c": 0.14321,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A51F

secondary

#5D60C7

accent

#41EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A51F

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

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