#A9AA28#A9AA28

#A9AA28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.144 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9AA28
RGBrgb(169, 170, 40)
HSLhsl(60, 62%, 41%)
HSVhsv(60, 76%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(67.53, -15.42, 61.76)
CIE-LCHlch(67.53, 63.66, 104.02°)
OKLaboklab(71.48% -0.0492 0.1351)
OKLCHoklch(71.48% 0.144 110)
XYZxyz(31.1211, 37.3386, 7.5748)
Luminance0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9AA28 #2928AA
analogous
#AA6A28 #A9AA28 #68AA28
triadic
#A9AA28 #28A9AA #AA28A9
tetradic
#A9AA28 #28AA6A #2928AA #AA2868
square
#A9AA28 #28AA6A #2928AA #AA2868
split-complementary
#A9AA28 #2868AA #6A28AA
monochromatic
#464711 #78781C #A9AA28 #D0D23E #DCDD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48
#A9AA28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47
#A9AA28 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA28
8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9AA28#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9AA281.002.488.478.47
#FFFFFF2.481.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4721.001.001.00
##0000008.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A205
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B9A633
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B59F92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9aa28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.144 110.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36d',
    500: '#a9aa28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9aa28;
$custom-light: #c6c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9aa28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.37338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9AA28
secondary
#6A6AC4
accent
#43E544
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F7EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B

Preview Lab

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#A9AA28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva