#A9A223#A9A223

#A9A223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.139 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A223
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -11.47, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 62.35, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0386 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.139 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5872, 34.3981, 6.6708)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A223 #232AA9

analogous

#A95F23 #A9A223 #6DA923

triadic

#A9A223 #23A9A2 #A223A9

tetradic

#A9A223 #23A95F #232AA9 #A9236D

square

#A9A223 #23A95F #232AA9 #A9236D

split-complementary

#A9A223 #236DA9 #5F23A9

monochromatic

#44410E #767119 #A9A223 #D5CD34 #DFD967

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A9A223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A9A223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A223

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A223	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)

#B3A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.139 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a9a223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a223;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A223

secondary

#6368C5

accent

#48E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A223

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →