#A9B22A#A9B22A

#A9B22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.151 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B22A
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 76.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -19.40, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 66.10, 107.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% -0.06 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.151 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7015, 40.4437, 8.2738)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B22A #332AB2

analogous

#B2772A #A9B22A #65B22A

triadic

#A9B22A #2AA9B2 #B22AA9

tetradic

#A9B22A #2AB277 #332AB2 #B22A65

square

#A9B22A #2AB277 #332AB2 #B22A65

split-complementary

#A9B22A #2A65B2 #772AB2

monochromatic

#4B4F13 #7A801E #A9B22A #CAD346 #D8DF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A9B22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B22A

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B22A	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0A905

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.151 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c86f',
    500: '#a9b22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b22a;
$custom-light: #c6c86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.971,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73287,
    "c": 0.15095,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B22A

secondary

#7771C7

accent

#43E54E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B22A

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

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