#A9A024#A9A024

#A9A024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.136 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A024
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -10.38, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 61.37, 99.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0354 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.136 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2527, 33.7052, 6.6336)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A024 #242DA9

analogous

#A95E24 #A9A024 #6FA924

triadic

#A9A024 #24A9A0 #A024A9

tetradic

#A9A024 #24A95E #242DA9 #A9246F

square

#A9A024 #24A95E #242DA9 #A9246F

split-complementary

#A9A024 #246FA9 #5E24A9

monochromatic

#44400F #777019 #A9A024 #D4C936 #DFD768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A024

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A024	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)

#B29F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.136 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6a',
    500: '#a9a024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a024;
$custom-light: #c6bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69238,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A024

secondary

#646BC5

accent

#4BE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A024

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

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