#A9A533#A9A533

#A9A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A533
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -12.32, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 57.92, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0394 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.132 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4160, 35.5853, 8.3978)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A533 #3337A9

analogous

#A96A33 #A9A533 #72A933

triadic

#A9A533 #33A9A5 #A533A9

tetradic

#A9A533 #33A96A #3337A9 #A93372

square

#A9A533 #33A96A #3337A9 #A93372

split-complementary

#A9A533 #3372A9 #6A33A9

monochromatic

#4B4917 #7A7725 #A9A533 #CAC64F #D8D57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A9A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A533

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A533	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf72',
    500: '#a9a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a533;
$custom-light: #c6bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.966,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7044,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A533

secondary

#7779C1

accent

#50DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A533

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

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