#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
RGBrgb(169, 168, 43)
HSLhsl(60, 59%, 42%)
HSVhsv(60, 75%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(66.99, -14.27, 60.27)
CIE-LCHlch(66.99, 61.93, 103.32°)
OKLaboklab(71.05% -0.0457 0.1325)
OKLCHoklch(71.05% 0.14 109)
XYZxyz(30.8020, 36.6157, 7.7300)
Luminance0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A9A82B1.002.528.328.32
#FFFFFF2.521.0021.0021.00
#0000008.3221.001.001.00
##0000008.3221.001.001.00

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

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#A9A82B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva