#A9AC22#A9AC22

#A9AC22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.149 H 110.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AC22
RGB	rgb(169, 172, 34)
HSL	hsl(61, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 80.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -16.67, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 66.18, 104.59°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0531 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.149 110.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4046, 38.0564, 7.2044)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AC22 #2522AC

analogous

#AC6A22 #A9AC22 #64AC22

triadic

#A9AC22 #22A9AC #AC22A9

tetradic

#A9AC22 #22AC6A #2522AC #AC2264

square

#A9AC22 #22AC6A #2522AC #AC2264

split-complementary

#A9AC22 #2264AC #6A22AC

monochromatic

#45460E #777918 #A9AC22 #D3D734 #DEE167

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A9AC22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A9AC22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AC22

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AC22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AC22	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ac22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 172, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.149 110.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46b',
    500: '#a9ac22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ac22;
$custom-light: #c6c46b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ac22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71897,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 110.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AC22

secondary

#6563C7

accent

#3EEA42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AC22

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

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