#A9B023#A9B023

#A9B023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.152 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B023
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 35)
HSL	hsl(63, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 80.1%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -18.67, 64.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 67.39, 106.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0586 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.152 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.1920, 39.6078, 7.5391)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B023 #2A23B0

analogous

#B07123 #A9B023 #63B023

triadic

#A9B023 #23A9B0 #B023A9

tetradic

#A9B023 #23B071 #2A23B0 #B02363

square

#A9B023 #23B071 #2A23B0 #B02363

split-complementary

#A9B023 #2363B0 #7123B0

monochromatic

#474A0F #787D19 #A9B023 #D0D839 #DCE26C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A9B023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B023

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B023	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.152 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c76c',
    500: '#a9b023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b023;
$custom-light: #c6c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.979,
    "s": 66.825,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.15227,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B023

secondary

#6C67C8

accent

#3EEA47

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B023

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

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