#A9AB2E#A9AB2E

#A9AB2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.141 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB2E
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 73.1%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -15.67, 60.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 62.05, 104.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0493 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.141 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4193, 37.7590, 8.2174)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB2E #302EAB

analogous

#AB6E2E #A9AB2E #6AAB2E

triadic

#A9AB2E #2EA9AB #AB2EA9

tetradic

#A9AB2E #2EAB6E #302EAB #AB2E6A

square

#A9AB2E #2EAB6E #302EAB #AB2E6A

split-complementary

#A9AB2E #2E6AAB #6E2EAB

monochromatic

#4A4B14 #797B21 #A9AB2E #CCCE48 #D9DB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#A9AB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A9AB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB2E

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB2E	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)

#B9A315

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.141 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c370',
    500: '#a9ab2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab2e;
$custom-light: #c6c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.96,
    "s": 57.604,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7174,
    "c": 0.14141,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB2E

secondary

#7372C3

accent

#47E149

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F7ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB2E

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

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