#A9AA22#A9AA22

#A9AA22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.147 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA22
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, -15.65, 63.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 65.45, 103.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0503 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.147 110)
XYZ	xyz(31.0268, 37.3009, 7.0785)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA22 #2322AA

analogous

#AA6722 #A9AA22 #65AA22

triadic

#A9AA22 #22A9AA #AA22A9

tetradic

#A9AA22 #22AA67 #2322AA #AA2265

square

#A9AA22 #22AA67 #2322AA #AA2265

split-complementary

#A9AA22 #2265AA #6722AA

monochromatic

#44440E #767718 #A9AA22 #D5D633 #E0E066

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A9AA22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA22

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA22	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9aa22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.147 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36b',
    500: '#a9aa22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa22;
$custom-light: #c6c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.441,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71449,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA22

secondary

#6362C6

accent

#3EEA3F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA22

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

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