#A9AD22#A9AD22

#A9AD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.150 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AD22
RGB	rgb(169, 173, 34)
HSL	hsl(62, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 80.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -17.18, 64.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 66.54, 104.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0545 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.15 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5956, 38.4385, 7.2681)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AD22 #2622AD

analogous

#AD6C22 #A9AD22 #63AD22

triadic

#A9AD22 #22A9AD #AD22A9

tetradic

#A9AD22 #22AD6C #2622AD #AD2263

square

#A9AD22 #22AD6C #2622AD #AD2263

split-complementary

#A9AD22 #2263AD #6C22AD

monochromatic

#45470E #777A18 #A9AD22 #D3D735 #DEE168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A9AD22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A9AD22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AD22

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AD22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AD22	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ad22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 173, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.150 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a9ad22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ad22;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ad22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 67.15,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72121,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AD22

secondary

#6764C7

accent

#3EEA43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AD22

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

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