#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
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, -15.42, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 63.66, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0492 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(31.1211, 37.3386, 7.5748)
Luminance	0.3734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##A9AA28	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9AA28

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

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