#A9B019#A9B019

#A9B019 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.156 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B019
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 25)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(63, 86%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 85.8%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, -18.97, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 69.84, 105.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0601 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.156 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0641, 39.5567, 6.8657)
Luminance	0.3956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B019 #2019B0

analogous

#B06B19 #A9B019 #5EB019

triadic

#A9B019 #19A9B0 #B019A9

tetradic

#A9B019 #19B06B #2019B0 #B0195E

square

#A9B019 #19B06B #2019B0 #B0195E

split-complementary

#A9B019 #195EB0 #6B19B0

monochromatic

#42450A #767A11 #A9B019 #D8E026 #E1E85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#A9B019 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#A9B019 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B019

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B019	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B019	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b019;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.156 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c768',
    500: '#a9b019',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b019;
$custom-light: #c7c768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b019",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.781,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72759,
    "c": 0.15618,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B019

secondary

#5F59CC

accent

#36F23F

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B019

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

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