#A9A725#A9A725

#A9A725 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A725
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -14.00, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 63.49, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0454 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5160, 36.2070, 7.1311)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A725 #2527A9

analogous

#A96525 #A9A725 #69A925

triadic

#A9A725 #25A9A7 #A725A9

tetradic

#A9A725 #25A965 #2527A9 #A92569

square

#A9A725 #25A965 #2527A9 #A92569

split-complementary

#A9A725 #2569A9 #6525A9

monochromatic

#45440F #77751A #A9A725 #D3D138 #DEDD6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A725 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A9A725 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A725

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A725	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A725	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)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a725;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06b',
    500: '#a9a725',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a725;
$custom-light: #c6c06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a725",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70794,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A725

secondary

#6567C4

accent

#43E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A725

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

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