#A9A22D#A9A22D

#A9A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A22D
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.33, -11.05, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.33, 59.04, 100.79°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0365 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7574, 34.4662, 7.5673)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A22D #2D34A9

analogous

#A9642D #A9A22D #72A92D

triadic

#A9A22D #2DA9A2 #A22DA9

tetradic

#A9A22D #2DA964 #2D34A9 #A92D72

square

#A9A22D #2DA964 #2D34A9 #A92D72

split-complementary

#A9A22D #2D72A9 #642DA9

monochromatic

#484513 #797420 #A9A22D #CEC646 #DAD576

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A9A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A22D

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A22D	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)

#B09C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6f',
    500: '#a9a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a22d;
$custom-light: #c6bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.613,
    "s": 57.944,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69734,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A22D

secondary

#6F74C2

accent

#4FE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A22D

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

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