#A9A61E#A9A61E

#A9A61E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.145 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A61E
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 30)
HSL	hsl(59, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -13.72, 63.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 65.13, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0452 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.145 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2340, 35.8022, 6.5460)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A61E #1E21A9

analogous

#A9611E #A9A61E #67A91E

triadic

#A9A61E #1EA9A6 #A61EA9

tetradic

#A9A61E #1EA961 #1E21A9 #A91E67

square

#A9A61E #1EA961 #1E21A9 #A91E67

split-complementary

#A9A61E #1E67A9 #611EA9

monochromatic

#41400C #757315 #A9A61E #D9D62B #E3E05F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A61E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A9A61E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A61E

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A61E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A61E	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)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A32B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a61e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.145 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c068',
    500: '#a9a61e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a61e;
$custom-light: #c7c068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a61e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.705,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70538,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A61E

secondary

#5C5EC7

accent

#3FED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A61E

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

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