#A9A71F#A9A71F

#A9A71F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.145 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A71F
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 81.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -14.21, 63.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 65.21, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0465 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.145 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4295, 36.1724, 6.6751)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A71F #1F21A9

analogous

#A9621F #A9A71F #66A91F

triadic

#A9A71F #1FA9A7 #A71FA9

tetradic

#A9A71F #1FA962 #1F21A9 #A91F66

square

#A9A71F #1FA962 #1F21A9 #A91F66

split-complementary

#A9A71F #1F66A9 #621FA9

monochromatic

#42410C #757416 #A9A71F #D8D62D #E2E060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A71F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A9A71F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A71F

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A71F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A71F	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)

#B7A42C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a71f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.145 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c069',
    500: '#a9a71f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a71f;
$custom-light: #c7c069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a71f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A71F

secondary

#5D5FC7

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A71F

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

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