#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
RGBrgb(169, 162, 45)
HSLhsl(57, 58%, 42%)
HSVhsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 4.1%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.33, -11.05, 58.00)
CIE-LCHlch(65.33, 59.04, 100.79°)
OKLaboklab(69.73% -0.0365 0.128)
OKLCHoklch(69.73% 0.133 105.9)
XYZxyz(29.7574, 34.4662, 7.5673)
Luminance0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A9A22D1.002.667.897.89
#FFFFFF2.661.0021.0021.00
#0000007.8921.001.001.00
##0000007.8921.001.001.00

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

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#A9A22D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva