#A9A422#A9A422

#A9A422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.141 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A422
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -12.55, 62.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 63.33, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0417 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.141 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9276, 35.1025, 6.7121)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A422 #2227A9

analogous

#A96122 #A9A422 #6AA922

triadic

#A9A422 #22A9A4 #A422A9

tetradic

#A9A422 #22A961 #2227A9 #A9226A

square

#A9A422 #22A961 #2227A9 #A9226A

split-complementary

#A9A422 #226AA9 #6122A9

monochromatic

#43410D #767318 #A9A422 #D6D032 #E0DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A9A422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A422

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A422	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.141 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6a',
    500: '#a9a422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a422;
$custom-light: #c6be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70112,
    "c": 0.14093,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A422

secondary

#6165C5

accent

#45E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A422

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

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