#A9A72B#A9A72B

#A9A72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.139 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A72B
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 43)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -13.75, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 61.56, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0442 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.139 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6181, 36.2479, 7.6687)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A72B #2B2DA9

analogous

#A9682B #A9A72B #6CA92B

triadic

#A9A72B #2BA9A7 #A72BA9

tetradic

#A9A72B #2BA968 #2B2DA9 #A92B6C

square

#A9A72B #2BA968 #2B2DA9 #A92B6C

split-complementary

#A9A72B #2B6CA9 #682BA9

monochromatic

#474712 #78771F #A9A72B #CFCD42 #DBDA73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A9A72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A72B

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A72B	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.139 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06e',
    500: '#a9a72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a72b;
$custom-light: #c6c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.048,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70829,
    "c": 0.13913,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A72B

secondary

#6D6EC3

accent

#48E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A72B

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

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