#A9A91E#A9A91E

#A9A91E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A91E
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -15.27, 64.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 66.17, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.21% -0.0495 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.21% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7857, 36.9057, 6.7299)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A91E #1E1EA9

analogous

#A9641E #A9A91E #64A91E

triadic

#A9A91E #1EA9A9 #A91EA9

tetradic

#A9A91E #1EA964 #1E1EA9 #A91E64

square

#A9A91E #1EA964 #1E1EA9 #A91E64

split-complementary

#A9A91E #1E64A9 #641EA9

monochromatic

#41410C #757515 #A9A91E #D9D92B #E3E35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A9A91E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A9A91E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A91E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A91E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A91E	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)

#B9A52C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a91e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c269',
    500: '#a9a91e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a91e;
$custom-light: #c7c269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a91e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71207,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A91E

secondary

#5C5CC7

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A91E

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

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