#A9A91C#A9A91C

#A9A91C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.148 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A91C
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 28)
HSL	hsl(60, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 83.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -15.33, 64.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 66.67, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0498 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.148 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7610, 36.8958, 6.5996)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A91C #1C1CA9

analogous

#A9621C #A9A91C #62A91C

triadic

#A9A91C #1CA9A9 #A91CA9

tetradic

#A9A91C #1CA962 #1C1CA9 #A91C62

square

#A9A91C #1CA962 #1C1CA9 #A91C62

split-complementary

#A9A91C #1C62A9 #621CA9

monochromatic

#40400B #747413 #A9A91C #DBDB27 #E4E45B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A9A91C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A9A91C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A91C

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A91C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A91C	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a91c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.148 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c268',
    500: '#a9a91c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a91c;
$custom-light: #c7c268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a91c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71199,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A91C

secondary

#5959C8

accent

#39EE39

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A91C

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

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