#A9B024#A9B024

#A9B024 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	#A9B024
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 36)
HSL	hsl(63, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 79.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -18.63, 64.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 67.11, 106.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0584 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.152 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2070, 39.6138, 7.6184)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B024 #2B24B0

analogous

#B07124 #A9B024 #63B024

triadic

#A9B024 #24A9B0 #B024A9

tetradic

#A9B024 #24B071 #2B24B0 #B02463

square

#A9B024 #24B071 #2B24B0 #B02463

split-complementary

#A9B024 #2463B0 #7124B0

monochromatic

#474A0F #787D1A #A9B024 #CFD73A #DBE16D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A9B024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B024

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B024	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)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.152 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c76c',
    500: '#a9b024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b024;
$custom-light: #c6c76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63,
    "s": 66.038,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72805,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B024

secondary

#6D68C8

accent

#3FE947

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B024

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

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