#A9A925#A9A925

#A9A925 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.144 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A925
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 37)
HSL	hsl(60, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 78.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.24, -15.03, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.24, 64.22, 103.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0483 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.144 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8853, 36.9455, 7.2542)
Luminance	0.3695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A925 #2525A9

analogous

#A96725 #A9A925 #67A925

triadic

#A9A925 #25A9A9 #A925A9

tetradic

#A9A925 #25A967 #2525A9 #A92567

square

#A9A925 #25A967 #2525A9 #A92567

split-complementary

#A9A925 #2567A9 #6725A9

monochromatic

#45450F #77771A #A9A925 #D3D338 #DEDE6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A9A925 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A9A925 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A925

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A925	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A925	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A631

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a925;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.144 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26c',
    500: '#a9a925',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a925;
$custom-light: #c6c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a925",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7124,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A925

secondary

#6565C4

accent

#41E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A925

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

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