#A9A61C#A9A61C

#A9A61C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.145 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A61C
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.36, -13.78, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.36, 65.64, 102.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.53% -0.0455 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(70.53% 0.145 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2093, 35.7923, 6.4157)
Luminance	0.3579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A61C #1C1FA9

analogous

#A95F1C #A9A61C #65A91C

triadic

#A9A61C #1CA9A6 #A61CA9

tetradic

#A9A61C #1CA95F #1C1FA9 #A91C65

square

#A9A61C #1CA95F #1C1FA9 #A91C65

split-complementary

#A9A61C #1C65A9 #5F1CA9

monochromatic

#403F0B #747213 #A9A61C #DBD727 #E4E15B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A61C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A9A61C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A61C

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A61C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A61C	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A32A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a61c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.145 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c068',
    500: '#a9a61c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a61c;
$custom-light: #c7c068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a61c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70529,
    "c": 0.14537,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A61C

secondary

#595BC8

accent

#3DEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A61C

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

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