#A9A122#A9A122

#A9A122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.138 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A122
RGB	rgb(169, 161, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -10.98, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 62.32, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0373 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.138 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3971, 34.0414, 6.5352)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A122 #222AA9

analogous

#A95D22 #A9A122 #6EA922

triadic

#A9A122 #22A9A1 #A122A9

tetradic

#A9A122 #22A95D #222AA9 #A9226E

square

#A9A122 #22A95D #222AA9 #A9226E

split-complementary

#A9A122 #226EA9 #5D22A9

monochromatic

#43400D #767018 #A9A122 #D6CC32 #E0D965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A9A122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A9A122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A122

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A122	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 161, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.138 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc69',
    500: '#a9a122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a122;
$custom-light: #c6bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69448,
    "c": 0.13817,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A122

secondary

#6167C5

accent

#49E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A122

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

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