#A9AB2C#A9AB2C

#A9AB2C 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	#A9AB2C
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 44)
HSL	hsl(61, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 74.3%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, -15.76, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 62.73, 104.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0498 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.143 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3808, 37.7436, 8.0146)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB2C #2E2CAB

analogous

#AB6E2C #A9AB2C #6AAB2C

triadic

#A9AB2C #2CA9AB #AB2CA9

tetradic

#A9AB2C #2CAB6E #2E2CAB #AB2C6A

square

#A9AB2C #2CAB6E #2E2CAB #AB2C6A

split-complementary

#A9AB2C #2C6AAB #6E2CAB

monochromatic

#494A13 #797A1F #A9AB2C #CDCF45 #DADC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A9AB2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB2C

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB2C	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)

#B9A310

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.143 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36f',
    500: '#a9ab2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab2c;
$custom-light: #c6c36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.945,
    "s": 59.07,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.14258,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB2C

secondary

#716FC3

accent

#46E248

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB2C

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

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