#A9A220#A9A220

#A9A220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.140 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A220
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.26, -11.57, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.26, 63.23, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0391 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5445, 34.3811, 6.4462)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A220 #2027A9

analogous

#A95D20 #A9A220 #6CA920

triadic

#A9A220 #20A9A2 #A220A9

tetradic

#A9A220 #20A95D #2027A9 #A9206C

square

#A9A220 #20A95D #2027A9 #A9206C

split-complementary

#A9A220 #206CA9 #5D20A9

monochromatic

#423F0D #767116 #A9A220 #D8CF2F #E1DB62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A9A220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A9A220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A220

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A220	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A12C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bd69',
    500: '#a9a220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a220;
$custom-light: #c7bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.934,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69659,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A220

secondary

#5F64C6

accent

#46EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A220

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

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