#A9A920#A9A920

#A9A920 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A920
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -15.20, 63.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 65.64, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0492 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8121, 36.9162, 6.8687)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A920 #2020A9

analogous

#A96520 #A9A920 #65A920

triadic

#A9A920 #20A9A9 #A920A9

tetradic

#A9A920 #20A965 #2020A9 #A92065

square

#A9A920 #20A965 #2020A9 #A92065

split-complementary

#A9A920 #2065A9 #6520A9

monochromatic

#42420D #767616 #A9A920 #D8D82F #E1E162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A9A920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A9A920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A920

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A920	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c26a',
    500: '#a9a920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a920;
$custom-light: #c7c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71216,
    "c": 0.14659,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A920

secondary

#5F5FC6

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A920

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

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