#A9AD21#A9AD21

#A9AD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.150 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AD21
RGB	rgb(169, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -17.22, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 66.82, 104.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0547 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.15 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5814, 38.4328, 7.1932)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AD21 #2521AD

analogous

#AD6B21 #A9AD21 #63AD21

triadic

#A9AD21 #21A9AD #AD21A9

tetradic

#A9AD21 #21AD6B #2521AD #AD2163

square

#A9AD21 #21AD6B #2521AD #AD2163

split-complementary

#A9AD21 #2163AD #6B21AD

monochromatic

#45460D #777A17 #A9AD21 #D3D833 #DEE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A9AD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A9AD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AD21

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AD21	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.150 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a9ad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ad21;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.714,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72116,
    "c": 0.15011,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AD21

secondary

#6562C7

accent

#3DEB42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AD21

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

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