#A9A628#A9A628

#A9A628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A628
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -13.36, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 62.19, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0434 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3826, 35.8617, 7.3286)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A628 #282BA9

analogous

#A96528 #A9A628 #6BA928

triadic

#A9A628 #28A9A6 #A628A9

tetradic

#A9A628 #28A965 #282BA9 #A9286B

square

#A9A628 #28A965 #282BA9 #A9286B

split-complementary

#A9A628 #286BA9 #6528A9

monochromatic

#464511 #78751C #A9A628 #D1CE3D #DDDA6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A9A628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A628

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A628	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)

#B49F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06d',
    500: '#a9a628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a628;
$custom-light: #c6c06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A628

secondary

#696BC4

accent

#47E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A628

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

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