#A9A126#A9A126

#A9A126 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.136 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A126
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 38)
HSL	hsl(56, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.01, -10.83, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.01, 61.08, 100.21°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% -0.0365 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.136 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4582, 34.0658, 6.8570)
Luminance	0.3407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A126 #262EA9

analogous

#A95F26 #A9A126 #6FA926

triadic

#A9A126 #26A9A1 #A126A9

tetradic

#A9A126 #26A95F #262EA9 #A9266F

square

#A9A126 #26A95F #262EA9 #A9266F

split-complementary

#A9A126 #266FA9 #5F26A9

monochromatic

#454210 #77711B #A9A126 #D3C93A #DED76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A9A126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A126

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A126	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)

#B09B06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A030

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.136 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6b',
    500: '#a9a126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a126;
$custom-light: #c6bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6947,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A126

secondary

#676CC4

accent

#4CE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A126

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

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