#A9A826#A9A826

#A9A826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.143 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A826
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 77.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.96, -14.47, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.96, 63.55, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0467 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.143 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7158, 36.5812, 7.2762)
Luminance	0.3658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A826 #2627A9

analogous

#A96626 #A9A826 #68A926

triadic

#A9A826 #26A9A8 #A826A9

tetradic

#A9A826 #26A966 #2627A9 #A92668

square

#A9A826 #26A966 #2627A9 #A92668

split-complementary

#A9A826 #2668A9 #6626A9

monochromatic

#454510 #77761B #A9A826 #D3D13A #DEDD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A9A826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A9A826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A826

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A826	1.00	2.53	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.143 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16c',
    500: '#a9a826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a826;
$custom-light: #c6c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.542,
    "s": 63.285,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71023,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A826

secondary

#6767C4

accent

#43E641

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A826

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

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