#A9AB33#A9AB33

#A9AB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.138 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9AB33
RGB	rgb(169, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 70.2%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -15.42, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 60.25, 104.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0481 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.138 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5237, 37.8007, 8.7670)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9AB33 #3533AB

analogous

#AB7133 #A9AB33 #6DAB33

triadic

#A9AB33 #33A9AB #AB33A9

tetradic

#A9AB33 #33AB71 #3533AB #AB336D

square

#A9AB33 #33AB71 #3533AB #AB336D

split-complementary

#A9AB33 #336DAB #7133AB

monochromatic

#4C4D17 #7A7C25 #A9AB33 #C9CB50 #D7D97F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A9AB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#A9AB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9AB33

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9AB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9AB33	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A093

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.138 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c373',
    500: '#a9ab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ab33;
$custom-light: #c6c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71775,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9AB33

secondary

#7978C2

accent

#4ADD4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9AB33

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

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