#A9A323#A9A323

#A9A323 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A323
RGB	rgb(169, 163, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -11.99, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 62.69, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(69.9% -0.04 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(69.9% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7640, 34.7519, 6.7297)
Luminance	0.3475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A323 #2329A9

analogous

#A96023 #A9A323 #6CA923

triadic

#A9A323 #23A9A3 #A323A9

tetradic

#A9A323 #23A960 #2329A9 #A9236C

square

#A9A323 #23A960 #2329A9 #A9236C

split-complementary

#A9A323 #236CA9 #6023A9

monochromatic

#44410E #767219 #A9A323 #D5CE34 #DFDA67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A9A323 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A9A323 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A323

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A323	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A323	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a323;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 163, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a9a323',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a323;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a323",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.313,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69895,
    "c": 0.13952,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A323

secondary

#6367C5

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A323

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

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