#A9AA2A#A9AA2A

#A9AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.143 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA2A
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -15.34, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 63.02, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% -0.0488 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.143 110)
XYZ	xyz(31.1560, 37.3525, 7.7586)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA2A #2B2AAA

analogous

#AA6B2A #A9AA2A #69AA2A

triadic

#A9AA2A #2AA9AA #AA2AA9

tetradic

#A9AA2A #2AAA6B #2B2AAA #AA2A69

square

#A9AA2A #2AAA6B #2B2AAA #AA2A69

split-complementary

#A9AA2A #2A69AA #6B2AAA

monochromatic

#474812 #78791E #A9AA2A #CFD041 #DBDC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#A9AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA2A

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA2A	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)

#B8A30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.143 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36e',
    500: '#a9aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa2a;
$custom-light: #c6c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.469,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71492,
    "c": 0.14268,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.37352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA2A

secondary

#6D6CC3

accent

#44E446

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA2A

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

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