#A9A623#A9A623

#A9A623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.142 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A623
RGB	rgb(169, 166, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.39, -13.55, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.39, 63.74, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% -0.0444 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.142 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3030, 35.8298, 6.9094)
Luminance	0.3583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A623 #2326A9

analogous

#A96323 #A9A623 #69A923

triadic

#A9A623 #23A9A6 #A623A9

tetradic

#A9A623 #23A963 #2326A9 #A92369

square

#A9A623 #23A963 #2326A9 #A92369

split-complementary

#A9A623 #2369A9 #6323A9

monochromatic

#44420E #767419 #A9A623 #D5D134 #DFDD67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A9A623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A9A623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A623

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A623	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 166, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.142 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06a',
    500: '#a9a623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a623;
$custom-light: #c6c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.657,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70561,
    "c": 0.14234,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A623

secondary

#6365C5

accent

#43E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A623

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

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