#A9A62D#A9A62D

#A9A62D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.137 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A62D
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -13.14, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 60.50, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0423 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.137 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.4732, 35.8979, 7.8059)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A62D #2D30A9

analogous

#A9682D #A9A62D #6EA92D

triadic

#A9A62D #2DA9A6 #A62DA9

tetradic

#A9A62D #2DA968 #2D30A9 #A92D6E

square

#A9A62D #2DA968 #2D30A9 #A92D6E

split-complementary

#A9A62D #2D6EA9 #682DA9

monochromatic

#484713 #797720 #A9A62D #CECA46 #DAD876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A9A62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A62D

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A62D	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)

#B49F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.137 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06f',
    500: '#a9a62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a62d;
$custom-light: #c6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7062,
    "c": 0.13698,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.35897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A62D

secondary

#6F71C2

accent

#4AE147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A62D

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

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