#A9A021#A9A021

#A9A021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.138 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A021
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.71, -10.49, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.71, 62.28, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.036 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.138 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2088, 33.6876, 6.4023)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A021 #212AA9

analogous

#A95C21 #A9A021 #6EA921

triadic

#A9A021 #21A9A0 #A021A9

tetradic

#A9A021 #21A95C #212AA9 #A9216E

square

#A9A021 #21A95C #212AA9 #A9216E

split-complementary

#A9A021 #216EA9 #5C21A9

monochromatic

#433F0D #767017 #A9A021 #D7CC31 #E1D864

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A021

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A021	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.138 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb69',
    500: '#a9a021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a021;
$custom-light: #c7bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69222,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A021

secondary

#6067C6

accent

#49EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A021

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

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