#A9A71C#A9A71C

#A9A71C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.146 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A71C
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 28)
HSL	hsl(59, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -14.30, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 65.98, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.047 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.146 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3917, 36.1573, 6.4765)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A71C #1C1EA9

analogous

#A9601C #A9A71C #64A91C

triadic

#A9A71C #1CA9A7 #A71CA9

tetradic

#A9A71C #1CA960 #1C1EA9 #A91C64

square

#A9A71C #1CA960 #1C1EA9 #A91C64

split-complementary

#A9A71C #1C64A9 #601CA9

monochromatic

#403F0B #747313 #A9A71C #DBD927 #E4E25B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A71C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A9A71C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A71C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A71C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A71C	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a71c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.146 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c068',
    500: '#a9a71c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a71c;
$custom-light: #c7c068;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a71c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70752,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A71C

secondary

#595BC8

accent

#3CEE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A71C

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

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