#A9A423#A9A423

#A9A423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.140 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A423
RGB	rgb(169, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -12.51, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 63.04, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0415 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.14 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9423, 35.1084, 6.7892)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A423 #2328A9

analogous

#A96123 #A9A423 #6BA923

triadic

#A9A423 #23A9A4 #A423A9

tetradic

#A9A423 #23A961 #2328A9 #A9236B

square

#A9A423 #23A961 #2328A9 #A9236B

split-complementary

#A9A423 #236BA9 #6123A9

monochromatic

#44420E #767319 #A9A423 #D5CF34 #DFDB67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A9A423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A9A423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A423

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A423	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)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.140 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6a',
    500: '#a9a423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a423;
$custom-light: #c6be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70117,
    "c": 0.14045,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A423

secondary

#6366C5

accent

#45E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A423

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

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