#A9AA33#A9AA33

#A9AA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.137 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA33
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.59, -14.91, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.59, 59.86, 104.42°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0467 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.137 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3355, 37.4244, 8.7043)
Luminance	0.3742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA33 #3433AA

analogous

#AA6F33 #A9AA33 #6DAA33

triadic

#A9AA33 #33A9AA #AA33A9

tetradic

#A9AA33 #33AA6F #3433AA #AA336D

square

#A9AA33 #33AA6F #3433AA #AA336D

split-complementary

#A9AA33 #336DAA #6F33AA

monochromatic

#4B4C17 #7A7B25 #A9AA33 #C9CA50 #D8D97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#A9AA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA33

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA33	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.137 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c372',
    500: '#a9aa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa33;
$custom-light: #c6c372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.504,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71551,
    "c": 0.13724,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA33

secondary

#7877C2

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA33

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

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