#A9A72D#A9A72D

#A9A72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A72D
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -13.66, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 60.87, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0438 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.138 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6557, 36.2629, 7.8667)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A72D #2D2FA9

analogous

#A9692D #A9A72D #6DA92D

triadic

#A9A72D #2DA9A7 #A72DA9

tetradic

#A9A72D #2DA969 #2D2FA9 #A92D6D

square

#A9A72D #2DA969 #2D2FA9 #A92D6D

split-complementary

#A9A72D #2D6DA9 #692DA9

monochromatic

#484713 #797720 #A9A72D #CECB46 #DAD976

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A9A72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A9A72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A72D

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A72D	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06f',
    500: '#a9a72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a72d;
$custom-light: #c6c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.032,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70842,
    "c": 0.13796,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A72D

secondary

#6F71C2

accent

#49E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A72D

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

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