#A9A224#A9A224

#A9A224 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A224
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 36)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 78.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -11.43, 60.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 62.05, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0384 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.6022, 34.4042, 6.7501)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A224 #242BA9

analogous

#A95F24 #A9A224 #6EA924

triadic

#A9A224 #24A9A2 #A224A9

tetradic

#A9A224 #24A95F #242BA9 #A9246E

square

#A9A224 #24A95F #242BA9 #A9246E

split-complementary

#A9A224 #246EA9 #5F24A9

monochromatic

#44410F #777219 #A9A224 #D4CC36 #DFD968

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A9A224 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A224

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A224	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#B3A12F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a9a224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a224;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69679,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A224

secondary

#6469C5

accent

#49E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A224

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

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