#A9B22C#A9B22C

#A9B22C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.150 H 113.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B22C
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 44)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 75.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -19.32, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 65.47, 107.16°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0596 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.15 113.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7382, 40.4584, 8.4670)
Luminance	0.4046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B22C #352CB2

analogous

#B2782C #A9B22C #66B22C

triadic

#A9B22C #2CA9B2 #B22CA9

tetradic

#A9B22C #2CB278 #352CB2 #B22C66

square

#A9B22C #2CB278 #352CB2 #B22C66

split-complementary

#A9B22C #2C66B2 #782CB2

monochromatic

#4C5014 #7A8120 #A9B22C #C9D249 #D7DE7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B22C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A9B22C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B22C

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B22C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B22C	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)

#BFA90C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b22c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.150 113.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c870',
    500: '#a9b22c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b22c;
$custom-light: #c6c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b22c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.03,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73299,
    "c": 0.14988,
    "h": 113.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B22C

secondary

#7973C6

accent

#44E44F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B22C

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

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