#A9A92B#A9A92B

#A9A92B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A92B
RGB	rgb(169, 169, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -14.78, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 62.31, 103.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0471 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.141 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9873, 36.9863, 7.7918)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A92B #2B2BA9

analogous

#A96A2B #A9A92B #6AA92B

triadic

#A9A92B #2BA9A9 #A92BA9

tetradic

#A9A92B #2BA96A #2B2BA9 #A92B6A

square

#A9A92B #2BA96A #2B2BA9 #A92B6A

split-complementary

#A9A92B #2B6AA9 #6A2BA9

monochromatic

#474712 #78781F #A9A92B #CFCF42 #DBDB73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A9A92B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A9A92B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A92B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A92B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A92B	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)

#B7A20F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a92b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 169, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26e',
    500: '#a9a92b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a92b;
$custom-light: #c6c26e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a92b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71275,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A92B

secondary

#6D6DC3

accent

#45E345

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A92B

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

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