#A9A929#A9A929

#A9A929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A929
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -14.87, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 62.97, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0475 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9515, 36.9720, 7.6033)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A929 #2929A9

analogous

#A96929 #A9A929 #69A929

triadic

#A9A929 #29A9A9 #A929A9

tetradic

#A9A929 #29A969 #2929A9 #A92969

square

#A9A929 #29A969 #2929A9 #A92969

split-complementary

#A9A929 #2969A9 #6929A9

monochromatic

#464611 #78781D #A9A929 #D0D03F #DCDC70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A9A929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A9A929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A929

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A929	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)

#B7A209

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26d',
    500: '#a9a929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a929;
$custom-light: #c6c26d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71263,
    "c": 0.14223,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A929

secondary

#6A6AC3

accent

#44E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A929

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

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