#A9A52C#A9A52C

#A9A52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.137 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A52C
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -12.67, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 60.48, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0411 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.137 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2731, 35.5282, 7.6453)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A52C #2C30A9

analogous

#A9672C #A9A52C #6FA92C

triadic

#A9A52C #2CA9A5 #A52CA9

tetradic

#A9A52C #2CA967 #2C30A9 #A92C6F

square

#A9A52C #2CA967 #2C30A9 #A92C6F

split-complementary

#A9A52C #2C6FA9 #672CA9

monochromatic

#484613 #78761F #A9A52C #CECA44 #DBD874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A9A52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A52C

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A52C	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.137 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6e',
    500: '#a9a52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a52c;
$custom-light: #c6bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70391,
    "c": 0.13659,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A52C

secondary

#6E71C3

accent

#4BE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A52C

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

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