#A9A82A#A9A82A

#A9A82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A82A
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -14.31, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 62.27, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0459 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.141 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.7839, 36.6084, 7.6346)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A82A #2A2BA9

analogous

#A9692A #A9A82A #6BA92A

triadic

#A9A82A #2AA9A8 #A82AA9

tetradic

#A9A82A #2AA969 #2A2BA9 #A92A6B

square

#A9A82A #2AA969 #2A2BA9 #A92A6B

split-complementary

#A9A82A #2A6BA9 #692AA9

monochromatic

#474712 #78771E #A9A82A #D0CF41 #DCDB72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A9A82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A9A82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A82A

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A82A	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)

#B6A10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16e',
    500: '#a9a82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a82a;
$custom-light: #c6c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.528,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71045,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A82A

secondary

#6C6CC3

accent

#46E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A82A

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

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