#A9A92A#A9A92A

#A9A92A 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 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A92A
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 42)
HSL	hsl(60, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -14.83, 60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 62.64, 103.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0473 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9692, 36.9791, 7.6964)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A92A #2A2AA9

analogous

#A96A2A #A9A92A #6AA92A

triadic

#A9A92A #2AA9A9 #A92AA9

tetradic

#A9A92A #2AA96A #2A2AA9 #A92A6A

square

#A9A92A #2AA96A #2A2AA9 #A92A6A

split-complementary

#A9A92A #2A6AA9 #6A2AA9

monochromatic

#474712 #78781E #A9A92A #D0D041 #DCDC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A9A92A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A9A92A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A92A

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A92A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A92A	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a92a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26e',
    500: '#a9a92a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a92a;
$custom-light: #c6c26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a92a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71268,
    "c": 0.14168,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A92A

secondary

#6C6CC3

accent

#44E344

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A92A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →