#A9A526#A9A526

#A9A526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A526
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 38)
HSL	hsl(58, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -12.92, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 62.47, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0424 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1684, 35.4863, 7.0937)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A526 #262AA9

analogous

#A96326 #A9A526 #6BA926

triadic

#A9A526 #26A9A5 #A526A9

tetradic

#A9A526 #26A963 #262AA9 #A9266B

square

#A9A526 #26A963 #262AA9 #A9266B

split-complementary

#A9A526 #266BA9 #6326A9

monochromatic

#454310 #77741B #A9A526 #D3CE3A #DEDA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A9A526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A526

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A526	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)

#B39E02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6c',
    500: '#a9a526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a526;
$custom-light: #c6bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.168,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70355,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A526

secondary

#6769C4

accent

#47E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A526

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

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