#A9AA37#A9AA37

#A9AA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.135 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA37
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, -14.69, 56.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 58.33, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0457 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.135 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4275, 37.4612, 9.1889)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA37 #3837AA

analogous

#AA7237 #A9AA37 #70AA37

triadic

#A9AA37 #37A9AA #AA37A9

tetradic

#A9AA37 #37AA72 #3837AA #AA3770

square

#A9AA37 #37AA72 #3837AA #AA3770

split-complementary

#A9AA37 #3770AA #7237AA

monochromatic

#4D4E19 #7B7C28 #A9AA37 #C7C856 #D7D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#A9AA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#A9AA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA37

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA37	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A326

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.135 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c375',
    500: '#a9aa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa37;
$custom-light: #c6c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71582,
    "c": 0.13452,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA37

secondary

#7C7CC1

accent

#4DDB4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA37

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

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