#A9A828#A9A828

#A9A828 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A828
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -14.39, 61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 62.92, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0463 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7490, 36.5944, 7.4508)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A828 #2829A9

analogous

#A96728 #A9A828 #69A928

triadic

#A9A828 #28A9A8 #A828A9

tetradic

#A9A828 #28A967 #2829A9 #A92869

square

#A9A828 #28A967 #2829A9 #A92869

split-complementary

#A9A828 #2869A9 #6728A9

monochromatic

#464611 #78771C #A9A828 #D1D03D #DDDC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A9A828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A9A828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A828

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A828	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	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)

#B6A106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16d',
    500: '#a9a828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a828;
$custom-light: #c6c16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71034,
    "c": 0.14177,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A828

secondary

#696AC4

accent

#44E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A828

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

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