#A9AB28#A9AB28

#A9AB28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.145 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB28
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 40)
HSL	hsl(61, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 76.6%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -15.94, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 64.03, 104.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.7% -0.0506 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(71.7% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3092, 37.7149, 7.6375)
Luminance	0.3771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB28 #2A28AB

analogous

#AB6C28 #A9AB28 #68AB28

triadic

#A9AB28 #28A9AB #AB28A9

tetradic

#A9AB28 #28AB6C #2A28AB #AB2868

square

#A9AB28 #28AB6C #2A28AB #AB2868

split-complementary

#A9AB28 #2868AB #6C28AB

monochromatic

#474811 #78791C #A9AB28 #D0D23E #DCDE70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#A9AB28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB28

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB28	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.145 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36d',
    500: '#a9ab28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab28;
$custom-light: #c6c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 62.085,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71704,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB28

secondary

#6C6AC4

accent

#43E545

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB28

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

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