#A9A023#A9A023

#A9A023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.137 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A023
RGB	rgb(169, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -10.42, 60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 61.68, 99.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0356 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.137 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2377, 33.6991, 6.5543)
Luminance	0.3370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A023 #232CA9

analogous

#A95D23 #A9A023 #6FA923

triadic

#A9A023 #23A9A0 #A023A9

tetradic

#A9A023 #23A95D #232CA9 #A9236F

square

#A9A023 #23A95D #232CA9 #A9236F

split-complementary

#A9A023 #236FA9 #5D23A9

monochromatic

#44400E #767019 #A9A023 #D5CA34 #DFD767

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A9A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A9A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A023

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A023	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.137 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6a',
    500: '#a9a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a023;
$custom-light: #c6bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.97,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69232,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A023

secondary

#6369C5

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A023

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

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