#A9A426#A9A426

#A9A426 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.139 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A426
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -12.40, 60.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 62.12, 101.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.13% -0.0409 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(70.13% 0.139 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9887, 35.1269, 7.0339)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A426 #262BA9

analogous

#A96226 #A9A426 #6CA926

triadic

#A9A426 #26A9A4 #A426A9

tetradic

#A9A426 #26A962 #262BA9 #A9266C

square

#A9A426 #26A962 #262BA9 #A9266C

split-complementary

#A9A426 #266CA9 #6226A9

monochromatic

#454310 #77741B #A9A426 #D3CD3A #DED96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A426 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A9A426 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A426

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A426	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A426	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a426;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.139 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6b',
    500: '#a9a426',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a426;
$custom-light: #c6be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a426",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.71,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70133,
    "c": 0.13896,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A426

secondary

#676AC4

accent

#48E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A426

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

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