#A9A720#A9A720

#A9A720 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.145 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A720
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -14.17, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 64.94, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0463 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.145 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.4428, 36.1777, 6.7456)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A720 #2022A9

analogous

#A96320 #A9A720 #67A920

triadic

#A9A720 #20A9A7 #A720A9

tetradic

#A9A720 #20A963 #2022A9 #A92067

square

#A9A720 #20A963 #2022A9 #A92067

split-complementary

#A9A720 #2067A9 #6320A9

monochromatic

#42410D #767416 #A9A720 #D8D52F #E1DF62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A9A720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A720

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A720	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.145 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c069',
    500: '#a9a720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a720;
$custom-light: #c7c069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70769,
    "c": 0.14467,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A720

secondary

#5F60C6

accent

#3FEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A720

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

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