#A9B22D#A9B22D

#A9B22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.149 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B22D
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(64, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -19.27, 62.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 65.15, 107.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0594 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.149 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7572, 40.4660, 8.5672)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B22D #362DB2

analogous

#B2782D #A9B22D #66B22D

triadic

#A9B22D #2DA9B2 #B22DA9

tetradic

#A9B22D #2DB278 #362DB2 #B22D66

square

#A9B22D #2DB278 #362DB2 #B22D66

split-complementary

#A9B22D #2D66B2 #782DB2

monochromatic

#4C5014 #7B8121 #A9B22D #C8D14B #D7DE7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A9B22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B22D

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B22D	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)

#BFA90F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.149 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c870',
    500: '#a9b22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b22d;
$custom-light: #c6c870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.06,
    "s": 59.641,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.14933,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B22D

secondary

#7A75C6

accent

#45E350

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B22D

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

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