#A9A221#A9A221

#A9A221 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	#A9A221
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 80.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -11.54, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 62.94, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.66% -0.0389 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(69.66% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5583, 34.3866, 6.5188)
Luminance	0.3438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A221 #2128A9

analogous

#A95E21 #A9A221 #6CA921

triadic

#A9A221 #21A9A2 #A221A9

tetradic

#A9A221 #21A95E #2128A9 #A9216C

square

#A9A221 #21A95E #2128A9 #A9216C

split-complementary

#A9A221 #216CA9 #5E21A9

monochromatic

#43400D #767117 #A9A221 #D7CE31 #E1DA64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A9A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A9A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A221

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A221	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)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd69',
    500: '#a9a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a221;
$custom-light: #c6bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 67.327,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69664,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A221

secondary

#6065C6

accent

#46EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A221

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

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