#A9A125#A9A125

#A9A125 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A125
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -10.87, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 61.40, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(69.46% -0.0367 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(69.46% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4423, 34.0595, 6.7732)
Luminance	0.3406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A125 #252DA9

analogous

#A95F25 #A9A125 #6FA925

triadic

#A9A125 #25A9A1 #A125A9

tetradic

#A9A125 #25A95F #252DA9 #A9256F

square

#A9A125 #25A95F #252DA9 #A9256F

split-complementary

#A9A125 #256FA9 #5F25A9

monochromatic

#45410F #77711A #A9A125 #D3CA38 #DED76A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A125 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A9A125 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A125

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A125	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A125	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)

#B09B03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a125;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6b',
    500: '#a9a125',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a125;
$custom-light: #c6bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a125",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69464,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A125

secondary

#656BC4

accent

#4BE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A125

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

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