#A9A728#A9A728

#A9A728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A728
RGB	rgb(169, 167, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -13.88, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 62.55, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.0449 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5651, 36.2266, 7.3895)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A728 #282AA9

analogous

#A96628 #A9A728 #6AA928

triadic

#A9A728 #28A9A7 #A728A9

tetradic

#A9A728 #28A966 #282AA9 #A9286A

square

#A9A728 #28A966 #282AA9 #A9286A

split-complementary

#A9A728 #286AA9 #6628A9

monochromatic

#464511 #78761C #A9A728 #D1CF3D #DDDB6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A9A728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A9A728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A728

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A728	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A007

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 167, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06d',
    500: '#a9a728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a728;
$custom-light: #c6c06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.07,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70811,
    "c": 0.14079,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A728

secondary

#696BC4

accent

#45E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A728

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

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