#A9A026#A9A026

#A9A026 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.135 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A026
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.74, -10.31, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.74, 60.74, 99.77°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.035 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.135 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.2841, 33.7177, 6.7990)
Luminance	0.3372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A026 #262FA9

analogous

#A95E26 #A9A026 #70A926

triadic

#A9A026 #26A9A0 #A026A9

tetradic

#A9A026 #26A95E #262FA9 #A92670

square

#A9A026 #26A95E #262FA9 #A92670

split-complementary

#A9A026 #2670A9 #5E26A9

monochromatic

#454110 #77711B #A9A026 #D3C83A #DED66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A026

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A026	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)

#AF9A06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.135 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6b',
    500: '#a9a026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a026;
$custom-light: #c6bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69249,
    "c": 0.13527,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.33717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A026

secondary

#676DC4

accent

#4DE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A026

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

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