#A9B22E#A9B22E

#A9B22E 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	#A9B22E
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 46)
HSL	hsl(64, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -19.22, 61.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 64.82, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.31% -0.0592 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.31% 0.149 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.7767, 40.4738, 8.6698)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B22E #372EB2

analogous

#B2792E #A9B22E #67B22E

triadic

#A9B22E #2EA9B2 #B22EA9

tetradic

#A9B22E #2EB279 #372EB2 #B22E67

square

#A9B22E #2EB279 #372EB2 #B22E67

split-complementary

#A9B22E #2E67B2 #792EB2

monochromatic

#4D5115 #7B8121 #A9B22E #C8D14C #D7DD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A9B22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B22E

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B22E	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)

#BFA911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.149 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c871',
    500: '#a9b22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b22e;
$custom-light: #c6c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73311,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B22E

secondary

#7B76C6

accent

#46E250

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B22E

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

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