#A9A321#A9A321

#A9A321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A321
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, -12.06, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 63.28, 100.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.0404 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7352, 34.7403, 6.5778)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A321 #2127A9

analogous

#A95F21 #A9A321 #6BA921

triadic

#A9A321 #21A9A3 #A321A9

tetradic

#A9A321 #21A95F #2127A9 #A9216B

square

#A9A321 #21A95F #2127A9 #A9216B

split-complementary

#A9A321 #216BA9 #5F21A9

monochromatic

#43400D #767217 #A9A321 #D7CF31 #E1DB64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A9A321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A321

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A321	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd69',
    500: '#a9a321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a321;
$custom-light: #c6bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69885,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A321

secondary

#6064C6

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A321

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

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