#A9AA1D#A9AA1D

#A9AA1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.149 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA1D
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 29)
HSL	hsl(60, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 82.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -15.81, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 66.77, 103.70°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0511 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.149 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9599, 37.2741, 6.7259)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA1D #1E1DAA

analogous

#AA651D #A9AA1D #62AA1D

triadic

#A9AA1D #1DA9AA #AA1DA9

tetradic

#A9AA1D #1DAA65 #1E1DAA #AA1D62

square

#A9AA1D #1DAA65 #1E1DAA #AA1D62

split-complementary

#A9AA1D #1D62AA #651DAA

monochromatic

#41410B #757614 #A9AA1D #D9DB2A #E3E45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A9AA1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA1D

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA1D	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.149 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c369',
    500: '#a9aa1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa1d;
$custom-light: #c7c369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.426,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71426,
    "c": 0.1488,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA1D

secondary

#5C5BC8

accent

#3AEE3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA1D

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

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