#A9AB2B#A9AB2B

#A9AB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.143 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB2B
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 43)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 74.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -15.81, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 63.06, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.05 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.143 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3623, 37.7361, 7.9168)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB2B #2D2BAB

analogous

#AB6D2B #A9AB2B #69AB2B

triadic

#A9AB2B #2BA9AB #AB2BA9

tetradic

#A9AB2B #2BAB6D #2D2BAB #AB2B69

square

#A9AB2B #2BAB6D #2D2BAB #AB2B69

split-complementary

#A9AB2B #2B69AB #6D2BAB

monochromatic

#484912 #797A1F #A9AB2B #CED043 #DADC74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A9AB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB2B

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB2B	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)

#B9A30E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.143 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36f',
    500: '#a9ab2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab2b;
$custom-light: #c6c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 59.813,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71721,
    "c": 0.14314,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB2B

secondary

#6F6EC4

accent

#45E347

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB2B

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

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