#A9A62B#A9A62B

#A9A62B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A62B
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -13.23, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 61.19, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.0428 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.4356, 35.8829, 7.6079)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A62B #2B2EA9

analogous

#A9672B #A9A62B #6DA92B

triadic

#A9A62B #2BA9A6 #A62BA9

tetradic

#A9A62B #2BA967 #2B2EA9 #A92B6D

square

#A9A62B #2BA967 #2B2EA9 #A92B6D

split-complementary

#A9A62B #2B6DA9 #672BA9

monochromatic

#474612 #78761F #A9A62B #CFCC42 #DBD973

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A62B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A9A62B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A62B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A62B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A62B	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a62b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06e',
    500: '#a9a62b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a62b;
$custom-light: #c6c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a62b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70607,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.35882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A62B

secondary

#6D6FC3

accent

#49E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A62B

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

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