#A9AB30#A9AB30

#A9AB30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.140 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB30
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 48)
HSL	hsl(61, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 71.9%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -15.58, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 61.35, 104.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.0489 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.14 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4597, 37.7751, 8.4299)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB30 #3230AB

analogous

#AB7030 #A9AB30 #6BAB30

triadic

#A9AB30 #30A9AB #AB30A9

tetradic

#A9AB30 #30AB70 #3230AB #AB306B

square

#A9AB30 #30AB70 #3230AB #AB306B

split-complementary

#A9AB30 #306BAB #7030AB

monochromatic

#4B4B15 #7A7B23 #A9AB30 #CBCD4C #D9DA7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A9AB30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#A9AB30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB30

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB30	1.00	2.45	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.45	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)

#B9A319

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.140 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c371',
    500: '#a9ab30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab30;
$custom-light: #c6c371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.976,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71753,
    "c": 0.14019,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB30

secondary

#7674C3

accent

#48DF4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB30

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

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