#A9A523#A9A523

#A9A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.141 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A523
RGB	rgb(169, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, -13.03, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 63.39, 101.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0429 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.141 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1219, 35.4677, 6.8490)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A523 #2327A9

analogous

#A96223 #A9A523 #6AA923

triadic

#A9A523 #23A9A5 #A523A9

tetradic

#A9A523 #23A962 #2327A9 #A9236A

square

#A9A523 #23A962 #2327A9 #A9236A

split-complementary

#A9A523 #236AA9 #6223A9

monochromatic

#44420E #767319 #A9A523 #D5D034 #DFDC67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A9A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A9A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A523

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A523	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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: #a9a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.141 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6a',
    500: '#a9a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a523;
$custom-light: #c6bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70339,
    "c": 0.14139,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A523

secondary

#6366C5

accent

#44E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A523

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

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