#A9A22E#A9A22E

#A9A22E 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	#A9A22E
RGB	rgb(169, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.1%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.34, -11.00, 57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.34, 58.68, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0362 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.7769, 34.4740, 7.6699)
Luminance	0.3447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A22E #2E35A9

analogous

#A9642E #A9A22E #73A92E

triadic

#A9A22E #2EA9A2 #A22EA9

tetradic

#A9A22E #2EA964 #2E35A9 #A92E73

square

#A9A22E #2EA964 #2E35A9 #A92E73

split-complementary

#A9A22E #2E73A9 #642EA9

monochromatic

#494614 #797421 #A9A22E #CDC547 #DAD477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A9A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A9A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A22E

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A22E	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)

#B09C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A136

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6f',
    500: '#a9a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a22e;
$custom-light: #c6bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69741,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A22E

secondary

#7175C2

accent

#50E047

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A22E

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

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