#A9A520#A9A520

#A9A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.143 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A520
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -13.14, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 64.25, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0434 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.143 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0793, 35.4506, 6.6244)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A520 #2024A9

analogous

#A96120 #A9A520 #69A920

triadic

#A9A520 #20A9A5 #A520A9

tetradic

#A9A520 #20A961 #2024A9 #A92069

square

#A9A520 #20A961 #2024A9 #A92069

split-complementary

#A9A520 #2069A9 #6120A9

monochromatic

#42410D #767316 #A9A520 #D8D32F #E1DE62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A9A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A9A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A520

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A520	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.143 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bf69',
    500: '#a9a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a520;
$custom-light: #c7bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.248,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70324,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A520

secondary

#5F62C6

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A520

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

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