#A9A226#A9A226

#A9A226 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.137 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A226
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 38)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -11.36, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 61.42, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.038 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.137 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6336, 34.4167, 6.9155)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A226 #262DA9

analogous

#A96026 #A9A226 #6EA926

triadic

#A9A226 #26A9A2 #A226A9

tetradic

#A9A226 #26A960 #262DA9 #A9266E

square

#A9A226 #26A960 #262DA9 #A9266E

split-complementary

#A9A226 #266EA9 #6026A9

monochromatic

#454210 #77721B #A9A226 #D3CA3A #DED86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A9A226 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A226

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A226	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A130

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.137 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6b',
    500: '#a9a226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a226;
$custom-light: #c6bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.794,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6969,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A226

secondary

#676CC4

accent

#4AE641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A226

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

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