#A9AB29#A9AB29

#A9AB29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.144 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB29
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 76%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -15.89, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 63.72, 104.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0504 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.144 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3265, 37.7218, 7.7283)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB29 #2B29AB

analogous

#AB6C29 #A9AB29 #68AB29

triadic

#A9AB29 #29A9AB #AB29A9

tetradic

#A9AB29 #29AB6C #2B29AB #AB2968

square

#A9AB29 #29AB6C #2B29AB #AB2968

split-complementary

#A9AB29 #2968AB #6C29AB

monochromatic

#474811 #787A1D #A9AB29 #CFD140 #DBDD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#A9AB29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB29

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB29	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A307

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA734

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.144 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36e',
    500: '#a9ab29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab29;
$custom-light: #c6c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.923,
    "s": 61.321,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71709,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB29

secondary

#6D6CC4

accent

#43E446

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB29

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

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