#A9A528#A9A528

#A9A528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.139 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A528
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 40)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -12.84, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 61.83, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.042 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.139 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2015, 35.4995, 7.2683)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A528 #282CA9

analogous

#A96528 #A9A528 #6CA928

triadic

#A9A528 #28A9A5 #A528A9

tetradic

#A9A528 #28A965 #282CA9 #A9286C

square

#A9A528 #28A965 #282CA9 #A9286C

split-complementary

#A9A528 #286CA9 #6528A9

monochromatic

#464411 #78751C #A9A528 #D1CD3D #DDD96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A9A528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A528

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A528	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)

#B39E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.139 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6c',
    500: '#a9a528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a528;
$custom-light: #c6bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70366,
    "c": 0.13885,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A528

secondary

#696CC4

accent

#48E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A528

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

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