#A9A82B#A9A82B

#A9A82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.140 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A82B
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -14.27, 60.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 61.93, 103.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0457 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.14 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.8020, 36.6157, 7.7300)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A82B #2B2CA9

analogous

#A9692B #A9A82B #6BA92B

triadic

#A9A82B #2BA9A8 #A82BA9

tetradic

#A9A82B #2BA969 #2B2CA9 #A92B6B

square

#A9A82B #2BA969 #2B2CA9 #A92B6B

split-complementary

#A9A82B #2B6BA9 #692BA9

monochromatic

#474712 #78781F #A9A82B #CFCE42 #DBDB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A9A82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A9A82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A82B

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A82B	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)

#B6A110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.140 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16e',
    500: '#a9a82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a82b;
$custom-light: #c6c16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.524,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71052,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A82B

secondary

#6D6EC3

accent

#46E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A82B

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

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