#A9A930#A9A930

#A9A930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.138 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A930
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -14.55, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 60.57, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.046 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.138 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0848, 37.0253, 8.3049)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A930 #3030A9

analogous

#A96C30 #A9A930 #6CA930

triadic

#A9A930 #30A9A9 #A930A9

tetradic

#A9A930 #30A96C #3030A9 #A9306C

square

#A9A930 #30A96C #3030A9 #A9306C

split-complementary

#A9A930 #306CA9 #6C30A9

monochromatic

#4A4A15 #797922 #A9A930 #CCCC4A #D9D97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A9A930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A9A930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A930

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A930	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.138 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c271',
    500: '#a9a930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a930;
$custom-light: #c6c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.76,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A930

secondary

#7373C2

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A930

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

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