#A9A641#A9A641

#A9A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A641
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -11.98, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 52.55, 103.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.037 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.123 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9535, 36.0900, 10.3356)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A641 #4144A9

analogous

#A97241 #A9A641 #78A941

triadic

#A9A641 #41A9A6 #A641A9

tetradic

#A9A641 #41A972 #4144A9 #A94178

square

#A9A641 #41A972 #4144A9 #A94178

split-complementary

#A9A641 #4178A9 #7241A9

monochromatic

#514F1F #7D7B30 #A9A641 #C3C164 #D4D290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A9A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A9A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A641

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A641	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c07a',
    500: '#a9a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a641;
$custom-light: #c5c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70784,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A641

secondary

#8688C0

accent

#57D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A641

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

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