#A9A620#A9A620

#A9A620 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.144 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A620
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -13.66, 63.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 64.59, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0449 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.144 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2604, 35.8128, 6.6848)
Luminance	0.3581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A620 #2023A9

analogous

#A96220 #A9A620 #68A920

triadic

#A9A620 #20A9A6 #A620A9

tetradic

#A9A620 #20A962 #2023A9 #A92068

square

#A9A620 #20A962 #2023A9 #A92068

split-complementary

#A9A620 #2068A9 #6220A9

monochromatic

#42410D #767316 #A9A620 #D8D42F #E1DF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A620 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A9A620 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A620

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A620	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A620	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a620;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.144 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c069',
    500: '#a9a620',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a620;
$custom-light: #c7c069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a620",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70547,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A620

secondary

#5F61C6

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A620

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

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