#A9A540#A9A540

#A9A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A540
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -11.53, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 52.57, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0358 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.122 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.7438, 35.7164, 10.1240)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A540 #4044A9

analogous

#A97040 #A9A540 #78A940

triadic

#A9A540 #40A9A5 #A540A9

tetradic

#A9A540 #40A970 #4044A9 #A94078

square

#A9A540 #40A970 #4044A9 #A94078

split-complementary

#A9A540 #4078A9 #7040A9

monochromatic

#504E1E #7D7A2F #A9A540 #C4C062 #D5D28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A9A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A9A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A540

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A540	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf79',
    500: '#a9a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a540;
$custom-light: #c5bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70553,
    "c": 0.1224,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A540

secondary

#8587C0

accent

#58D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A540

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

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