#A9A643#A9A643

#A9A643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.121 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A643
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(58, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 60.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -11.84, 50.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 51.66, 103.25°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0363 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.121 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0125, 36.1136, 10.6461)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A643 #4346A9

analogous

#A97343 #A9A643 #79A943

triadic

#A9A643 #43A9A6 #A643A9

tetradic

#A9A643 #43A973 #4346A9 #A94379

square

#A9A643 #43A973 #4346A9 #A94379

split-complementary

#A9A643 #4379A9 #7343A9

monochromatic

#515020 #7D7B32 #A9A643 #C3C067 #D4D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A9A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A643

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A643	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.121 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c07b',
    500: '#a9a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a643;
$custom-light: #c5c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70804,
    "c": 0.12093,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A643

secondary

#888ABF

accent

#59D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A643

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

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