#A9AA23#A9AA23

#A9AA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.146 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AA23
RGB	rgb(169, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -15.61, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 65.17, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.0501 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.146 110)
XYZ	xyz(31.0415, 37.3067, 7.1555)
Luminance	0.3731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AA23 #2423AA

analogous

#AA6723 #A9AA23 #66AA23

triadic

#A9AA23 #23A9AA #AA23A9

tetradic

#A9AA23 #23AA67 #2423AA #AA2366

square

#A9AA23 #23AA67 #2423AA #AA2366

split-complementary

#A9AA23 #2366AA #6723AA

monochromatic

#44440E #777719 #A9AA23 #D4D535 #DFE068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A9AA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#A9AA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AA23

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AA23	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: #a9aa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.146 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36b',
    500: '#a9aa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9aa23;
$custom-light: #c6c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9aa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.444,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71454,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.37306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AA23

secondary

#6463C6

accent

#3FE940

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AA23

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

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