#A9AA20#A9AA20

#A9AA20 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.148 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA20
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 81.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.49, -15.72, 64.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.49, 66.00, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0506 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.148 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.9988, 37.2897, 6.9309)
Luminance	0.3729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA20 #2120AA

analogous

#AA6620 #A9AA20 #64AA20

triadic

#A9AA20 #20A9AA #AA20A9

tetradic

#A9AA20 #20AA66 #2120AA #AA2064

square

#A9AA20 #20AA66 #2120AA #AA2064

split-complementary

#A9AA20 #2064AA #6620AA

monochromatic

#43430D #767616 #A9AA20 #D7D82F #E1E263

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A9AA20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA20

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA20	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA62D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.148 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36a',
    500: '#a9aa20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa20;
$custom-light: #c6c36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.435,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71439,
    "c": 0.14757,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA20

secondary

#605FC7

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA20

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

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