#A9A121#A9A121

#A9A121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.139 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A121
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -11.02, 61.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 62.61, 100.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0375 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.139 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3829, 34.0357, 6.4604)
Luminance	0.3403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A121 #2129A9

analogous

#A95D21 #A9A121 #6DA921

triadic

#A9A121 #21A9A1 #A121A9

tetradic

#A9A121 #21A95D #2129A9 #A9216D

square

#A9A121 #21A95D #2129A9 #A9216D

split-complementary

#A9A121 #216DA9 #5D21A9

monochromatic

#433F0D #767017 #A9A121 #D7CD31 #E1D964

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A9A121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A121

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A121	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.139 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bc69',
    500: '#a9a121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a121;
$custom-light: #c7bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69443,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A121

secondary

#6066C6

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A121

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

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