#A9A522#A9A522

#A9A522 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A522
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -13.07, 62.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 63.68, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0431 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1073, 35.4618, 6.7720)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A522 #2226A9

analogous

#A96122 #A9A522 #6AA922

triadic

#A9A522 #22A9A5 #A522A9

tetradic

#A9A522 #22A961 #2226A9 #A9226A

square

#A9A522 #22A961 #2226A9 #A9226A

split-complementary

#A9A522 #226AA9 #6122A9

monochromatic

#43420D #767318 #A9A522 #D6D132 #E0DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A9A522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A9A522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A522

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A522	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6a',
    500: '#a9a522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a522;
$custom-light: #c6bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70334,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A522

secondary

#6164C5

accent

#43E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A522

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

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