#A9A625#A9A625

#A9A625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A625
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -13.48, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 63.14, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.044 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3335, 35.8420, 7.0703)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A625 #2528A9

analogous

#A96425 #A9A625 #6AA925

triadic

#A9A625 #25A9A6 #A625A9

tetradic

#A9A625 #25A964 #2528A9 #A9256A

square

#A9A625 #25A964 #2528A9 #A9256A

split-complementary

#A9A625 #256AA9 #6425A9

monochromatic

#45430F #77751A #A9A625 #D3D038 #DEDC6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A9A625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A625

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A625	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06b',
    500: '#a9a625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a625;
$custom-light: #c6c06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70572,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A625

secondary

#6567C4

accent

#44E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A625

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

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