#A9A52A#A9A52A

#A9A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.138 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A52A
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -12.76, 59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 61.17, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0415 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.138 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2364, 35.5135, 7.4521)
Luminance	0.3551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A52A #2A2EA9

analogous

#A9662A #A9A52A #6EA92A

triadic

#A9A52A #2AA9A5 #A52AA9

tetradic

#A9A52A #2AA966 #2A2EA9 #A92A6E

square

#A9A52A #2AA966 #2A2EA9 #A92A6E

split-complementary

#A9A52A #2A6EA9 #662AA9

monochromatic

#474512 #78751E #A9A52A #D0CB41 #DCD872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A9A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A52A

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A52A	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.138 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6d',
    500: '#a9a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a52a;
$custom-light: #c6bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70378,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A52A

secondary

#6C6FC3

accent

#49E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A52A

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

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