#A9C322#A9C322

#A9C322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.173 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C322
RGB	rgb(169, 195, 34)
HSL	hsl(70, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(70, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 82.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -28.02, 69.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 75.12, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0844 0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.173 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1669, 47.5810, 8.7918)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C322 #3C22C3

analogous

#C38C22 #A9C322 #59C322

triadic

#A9C322 #22A9C3 #C322A9

tetradic

#A9C322 #22C38C #3C22C3 #C32259

square

#A9C322 #22C38C #3C22C3 #C32259

split-complementary

#A9C322 #2259C3 #8C22C3

monochromatic

#4F5B10 #7C8F19 #A9C322 #C5DE44 #D5E778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A9C322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#A9C322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C322

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C322	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 195, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.173 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d56e',
    500: '#a9c322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c322;
$custom-light: #c7d56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.689,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77115,
    "c": 0.17297,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C322

secondary

#8172CF

accent

#3BED58

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#141408

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C322

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

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