#A9A830#A9A830

#A9A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.137 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A830
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 71.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.02, -14.03, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.02, 60.18, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0445 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.137 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.8994, 36.6546, 8.2431)
Luminance	0.3665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A830 #3031A9

analogous

#A96B30 #A9A830 #6EA930

triadic

#A9A830 #30A9A8 #A830A9

tetradic

#A9A830 #30A96B #3031A9 #A9306E

square

#A9A830 #30A96B #3031A9 #A9306E

split-complementary

#A9A830 #306EA9 #6B30A9

monochromatic

#4A4915 #797922 #A9A830 #CCCB4A #D9D87A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A9A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A9A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A830

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A830	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.137 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c171',
    500: '#a9a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a830;
$custom-light: #c6c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71084,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A830

secondary

#7374C2

accent

#4ADF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A830

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

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