#A9A324#A9A324

#A9A324 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.139 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A324
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -11.96, 61.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 62.39, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.0398 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7791, 34.7579, 6.8090)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A324 #242AA9

analogous

#A96024 #A9A324 #6DA924

triadic

#A9A324 #24A9A3 #A324A9

tetradic

#A9A324 #24A960 #242AA9 #A9246D

square

#A9A324 #24A960 #242AA9 #A9246D

split-complementary

#A9A324 #246DA9 #6024A9

monochromatic

#44420F #777219 #A9A324 #D4CD36 #DFDA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A324 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A9A324 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A324

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A324	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A324	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)

#B19D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a324;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a9a324',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a324;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a324",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69901,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A324

secondary

#6468C5

accent

#48E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A324

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

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