#A9A525#A9A525

#A9A525 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A525
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(58, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -12.96, 61.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 62.78, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0425 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1525, 35.4799, 7.0099)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A525 #2529A9

analogous

#A96325 #A9A525 #6BA925

triadic

#A9A525 #25A9A5 #A525A9

tetradic

#A9A525 #25A963 #2529A9 #A9256B

square

#A9A525 #25A963 #2529A9 #A9256B

split-complementary

#A9A525 #256BA9 #6325A9

monochromatic

#45430F #77741A #A9A525 #D3CF38 #DEDB6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A9A525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A525

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A525	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6b',
    500: '#a9a525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a525;
$custom-light: #c6bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7035,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A525

secondary

#6568C4

accent

#46E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A525

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

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