#A9AB2A#A9AB2A

#A9AB2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.144 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB2A
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 75.4%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.82, -15.85, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.82, 63.39, 104.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.71% -0.0502 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(71.71% 0.144 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3441, 37.7289, 7.8213)
Luminance	0.3773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB2A #2C2AAB

analogous

#AB6D2A #A9AB2A #69AB2A

triadic

#A9AB2A #2AA9AB #AB2AA9

tetradic

#A9AB2A #2AAB6D #2C2AAB #AB2A69

square

#A9AB2A #2AAB6D #2C2AAB #AB2A69

split-complementary

#A9AB2A #2A69AB #6D2AAB

monochromatic

#484912 #787A1E #A9AB2A #CED142 #DBDD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A9AB2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB2A

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB2A	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A30B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.144 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36e',
    500: '#a9ab2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab2a;
$custom-light: #c6c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71715,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB2A

secondary

#6E6DC4

accent

#44E447

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB2A

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

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