#A9A328#A9A328

#A9A328 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A328
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -11.80, 59.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 61.12, 101.13°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.039 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8436, 34.7837, 7.1490)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A328 #282EA9

analogous

#A96228 #A9A328 #6EA928

triadic

#A9A328 #28A9A3 #A328A9

tetradic

#A9A328 #28A962 #282EA9 #A9286E

square

#A9A328 #28A962 #282EA9 #A9286E

split-complementary

#A9A328 #286EA9 #6228A9

monochromatic

#464411 #78731C #A9A328 #D1CA3D #DDD86F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A328 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A9A328 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A328

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A328	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A328	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A132

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a328;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6c',
    500: '#a9a328',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a328;
$custom-light: #c6bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a328",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69923,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A328

secondary

#696DC4

accent

#4BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A328

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

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