#A9A22B#A9A22B

#A9A22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.134 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A22B
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.32, -11.14, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.32, 59.75, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0369 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.134 106)
XYZ	xyz(29.7198, 34.4512, 7.3693)
Luminance	0.3445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A22B #2B32A9

analogous

#A9632B #A9A22B #71A92B

triadic

#A9A22B #2BA9A2 #A22BA9

tetradic

#A9A22B #2BA963 #2B32A9 #A92B71

square

#A9A22B #2BA963 #2B32A9 #A92B71

split-complementary

#A9A22B #2B71A9 #632BA9

monochromatic

#474412 #78731F #A9A22B #CFC742 #DBD673

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A9A22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A22B

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A22B	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A134

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.134 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6e',
    500: '#a9a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a22b;
$custom-light: #c6bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 59.434,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A22B

secondary

#6D72C3

accent

#4EE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A22B

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

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