#A9A025#A9A025

#A9A025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.136 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A025
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -10.34, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 61.06, 99.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0352 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.136 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.2682, 33.7114, 6.7152)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A025 #252EA9

analogous

#A95E25 #A9A025 #70A925

triadic

#A9A025 #25A9A0 #A025A9

tetradic

#A9A025 #25A95E #252EA9 #A92570

square

#A9A025 #25A95E #252EA9 #A92570

split-complementary

#A9A025 #2570A9 #5E25A9

monochromatic

#45410F #77701A #A9A025 #D3C938 #DED66A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A025

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A025	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)

#AF9A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.136 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6a',
    500: '#a9a025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a025;
$custom-light: #c6bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69243,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.3371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A025

secondary

#656CC4

accent

#4CE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A025

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

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