#A9A424#A9A424

#A9A424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.140 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A424
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.84, -12.48, 61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.84, 62.74, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0413 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.14 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9573, 35.1144, 6.8685)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A424 #2429A9

analogous

#A96124 #A9A424 #6CA924

triadic

#A9A424 #24A9A4 #A424A9

tetradic

#A9A424 #24A961 #2429A9 #A9246C

square

#A9A424 #24A961 #2429A9 #A9246C

split-complementary

#A9A424 #246CA9 #6124A9

monochromatic

#44420F #777319 #A9A424 #D4CE36 #DFDA68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A9A424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A424

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A424	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.140 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6b',
    500: '#a9a424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a424;
$custom-light: #c6be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70122,
    "c": 0.13997,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A424

secondary

#6468C5

accent

#46E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A424

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

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