#A9A325#A9A325

#A9A325 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	#A9A325
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -11.92, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 62.08, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0396 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7946, 34.7641, 6.8906)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A325 #252BA9

analogous

#A96125 #A9A325 #6DA925

triadic

#A9A325 #25A9A3 #A325A9

tetradic

#A9A325 #25A961 #252BA9 #A9256D

square

#A9A325 #25A961 #252BA9 #A9256D

split-complementary

#A9A325 #256DA9 #6125A9

monochromatic

#45420F #77731A #A9A325 #D3CC38 #DED96A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A325 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A9A325 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A325

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A325	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A325	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)

#B19D01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a325;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6b',
    500: '#a9a325',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a325;
$custom-light: #c6bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a325",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69906,
    "c": 0.13853,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A325

secondary

#656AC4

accent

#48E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A325

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

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