#A9AA48#A9AA48

#A9AA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.121 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA48
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 72)
HSL	hsl(61, 40%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(61, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 57.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -13.55, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 51.12, 105.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0406 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.121 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9075, 37.6532, 11.7166)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA48 #4948AA

analogous

#AA7A48 #A9AA48 #78AA48

triadic

#A9AA48 #48A9AA #AA48A9

tetradic

#A9AA48 #48AA7A #4948AA #AA4878

square

#A9AA48 #48AA7A #4948AA #AA4878

split-complementary

#A9AA48 #4878AA #7A48AA

monochromatic

#545424 #7E7F36 #A9AA48 #C1C16E #D3D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#A9AA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA48

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA48	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.121 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c37f',
    500: '#a9aa48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa48;
$custom-light: #c5c37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.612,
    "s": 40.496,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71742,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA48

secondary

#8E8EC0

accent

#57D059

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA48

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

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