#A9A822#A9A822

#A9A822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9A822
RGB	rgb(169, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -14.62, 63.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 64.73, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0474 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6548, 36.5568, 6.9544)
Luminance	0.3656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9A822 #2223A9

analogous

#A96522 #A9A822 #66A922

triadic

#A9A822 #22A9A8 #A822A9

tetradic

#A9A822 #22A965 #2223A9 #A92266

square

#A9A822 #22A965 #2223A9 #A92266

split-complementary

#A9A822 #2266A9 #6522A9

monochromatic

#43430D #767518 #A9A822 #D6D532 #E0DF65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A9A822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A9A822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9A822

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9A822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9A822	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9a822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16a',
    500: '#a9a822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9a822;
$custom-light: #c6c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9a822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71002,
    "c": 0.14473,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9A822

secondary

#6162C5

accent

#40E93E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9A822

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

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