#A9A52D#A9A52D

#A9A52D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A52D
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 45)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.16, -12.62, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.16, 60.13, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0409 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2921, 35.5358, 7.7455)
Luminance	0.3553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A52D #2D31A9

analogous

#A9672D #A9A52D #6FA92D

triadic

#A9A52D #2DA9A5 #A52DA9

tetradic

#A9A52D #2DA967 #2D31A9 #A92D6F

square

#A9A52D #2DA967 #2D31A9 #A92D6F

split-complementary

#A9A52D #2D6FA9 #672DA9

monochromatic

#484713 #797620 #A9A52D #CEC946 #DAD776

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A52D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A9A52D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A52D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A52D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A52D	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)

#B39E16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a52d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6f',
    500: '#a9a52d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a52d;
$custom-light: #c6bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a52d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70398,
    "c": 0.136,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A52D

secondary

#6F72C2

accent

#4CE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A52D

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

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